Female Masculinity and the Business of Emotions in Tokyo. By Marta Fanasca. Abingdon: Routledge, 2024. 268p. - Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo’s Pink Economies. By Michelle H. S. Ho. Durham: Duke University Press, 2025. 203p.

dc.contributor.authorMackie, Vera
dc.date.accessioned2026-04-28T17:20:43Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractTwo ethnographies by Michelle H. S. Ho and Marta Fanasca offer fine-grained explorations of cross-dressing café-bars and escort services in Japan. Both studies illuminate how gender performance, emotion, and economic precarity intersect in Japan’s night-time economy, revealing the subtle forms of labor, desire, and identity that sustain its niche markets.
dc.identifier.issn1537-5927
dc.identifier.issn1541-0986
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/female-masculinity-and-the-business-of-emotions-in-tokyo-by-marta-fanasca-abingdon-routledge-2024-268p-emergent-genders-living-otherwise-in-tokyos-pink-economies-by-michelle-h-s-ho-durham-duke-university-press-2025-203p/4FA36401EDB291699A1C0C7648E93EA7
dc.identifier.urihttps://rdigef.unam.mx/handle/rdigef/2276
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPerspectives on Politics
dc.subjectGender Studies
dc.subjectCultural Studies
dc.subjectLiterature
dc.subjectHuman Geography
dc.subjectGénero (Identidad)
dc.subjectDiferencias sexuales
dc.subjectIdentidad de género en la educación
dc.titleFemale Masculinity and the Business of Emotions in Tokyo. By Marta Fanasca. Abingdon: Routledge, 2024. 268p. - Emergent Genders: Living Otherwise in Tokyo’s Pink Economies. By Michelle H. S. Ho. Durham: Duke University Press, 2025. 203p.
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