Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States by Mark D. West - 2007-01-15

University of Chicago Press, 2007-01-15. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x0. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Like new review copy press release laid in. Very light shelf and corner wear on dust jacket

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Chicago Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Jacket is rubbed and marked.Internally clean.Tightly bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New. <p>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. </p><p>In <i>Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle,</i> 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 similarities and contrasts in law and society. In Japan and the United States, legal and organizational rules tell us what kind of behavior is considered scandalous. When Japanese and American scandal stories differ, those rules—rules that define what’s public and… Read More

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2007. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 368 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches.

University of Chicago Press. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!