the rules of scandal in Japan and the United States /
First Statement of Responsibility
Mark D. West.
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Chicago :
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University of Chicago Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (ix, 404 pages) :
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illustrations
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Players -- Privacy and honor -- Groups -- Individuals -- Sex -- Apology.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A leader of a global superpower is betrayed by his mistress, who makes public the sordid details of their secret affair. His wife stands by as he denies the charges. Debates over definitions of moral leadership ensue. Sound familiar? If you guessed Clinton and Lewinsky, try again. This incident involved former Japanese prime minister Sosuke Uno and a geisha. In Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle, Mark D. West organizes the seemingly random worlds of Japanese and American scandal?from corporate fraud to baseball cheaters, political corruption to celebrity sexcapades?to explore well-ingrained similarit.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Secrets, sex, and spectacle.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Law-- Japan.
Law-- United States.
Scandals-- Japan.
Scandals-- United States.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Communication Studies.