Female Masculinity and the Business of Emotions in Tokyo

Female Masculinity and the Business of Emotions Tokyo investigates the novel "emotion business" of dans¿ escorting as a phenomenon emerging between gender performativity and pop-culture, commodified relationships and the wish for self-expression.

List of contents

Introduction, 1. Gender Identity, Performativity and Fantasy: The Case of Dans¿ Escorting, 2. Walk Like a Man, Talk Like a Man: Working with Dans¿ in Akihabara, 3. Who are Dans¿?, 4. Identity and Human Relationships, 5. The Customers' Perspective 6. Working with Emotions - The Negative Aspects of the Business, Conclusions

About the author

Marta Fanasca is a Marie Sk¿odowska-Curie Fellow at the University of Bologna and a Research Fellow at KU Leuven. For her research, she worked herself as a dans¿ (FtM crossdressing) escort. Her articles have appeared in Asian Anthropology and Girlhood Studies. She is also a freelance translator from Japanese.

Product details

• Authors: Marta Fanasca
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032583075
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258307-5
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Global Gender
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Japan, History, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Japan;Crossdressing;Gender