Illicit flirtations : labor, migration, and sex trafficking in Tokyo

Publication Data

• Title Illicit flirtations : labor, migration, and sex trafficking in Tokyo
• Author Rhacel Salazar Parreñas
• Publisher Stanford University Press
• Publication date 2011
• Publication location Stanford, California
• Language English

Contents

Introduction : the indentured mobility of migrant hostesses
The migration of entertainers to Japan
The labor system in hostess clubs
Buttressing masculinity
The risky business of love
Cultures of flirtation
Making love for a visa
The invisibility of hostesses
The segregation of hostesses
Conclusion : ensuring the safe passage of migrant hostesses.

Topics

• Women foreign workers :: Japan :: Tokyo
• Foreign workers, Philippine :: Japan :: Tokyo
• Hostess clubs :: Japan :: Tokyo
• 015953882

Illicit flirtations : labor, migration, and sex trafficking in Tokyo by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas. ISBN 9780804777124. Published by Stanford University Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.