Japanese love hotels : a cultural history / Sarah Chaplin.
Japanese love hotels : a cultural history / Sarah Chaplin.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York, NY : Routledge, 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
N306.70952/ 3
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The urban context of love hotel districts -- The love hotel as a building type -- Images and technologies of the love hotel interior -- Naming and theming the love hotel -- The love hotel industry.
Publication information
Publisher
New York, NY : Routledge, 2007.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2007.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Love hotels represent a significant aspect of contemporary Japanese culture, yet, until now, there has been surprisingly little written about them. In this book architect and cultural theorist Sarah Chaplin presents a cultural history of Japanese love hotels, charting the development of the urban love hotel from the late 1950s to the present day,...
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Full title
Japanese love hotels : a cultural history / Sarah Chaplin.
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Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 15.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N306.70952/ 3
Record Identifier
74VK7ba8N2mZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7ba8N2mZ
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ISBN
9780415415859 (hardback : alk. paper)
DDC
306.70952
MMS ID
991022926719702626
