Japanese Love Hotels: A Cultural History / Edition 1

by Sarah Chaplin

Overview

Drawing on theories of place, consumption and identity, Sarah Chaplin details the evolution of the love hotel in urban Japan since the 1950s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415415859
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/26/2007
Series:	Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sarah Chaplin is Deputy Director of the Urban Renaissance Institute and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Greenwich, London.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Urban Context of Love Hotel Districts 2. The Love Hotel as a Building Type 3. Images and Technologies of the Love Hotel Interior 4. Naming and Theming the Love Hotel 5. The Love Hotel Industry 6. Towards a Conclusion