Anne Allison
Encyclopedia
Anne Allison is a professor of cultural anthropology
at Duke University
in the United States
, specializing in contemporary Japan
ese society. She wrote the book Nightwork
on hostess clubs and Japanese corporate culture after having worked at a hostess club in Tokyo
.
She received her BA
from the University of Illinois at Chicago
, and her Ph.D.
in anthropology
from the University of Chicago
in 1986.
Cultural anthropology
Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans, collecting data about the impact of global economic and political processes on local cultural realities. Anthropologists use a variety of methods, including participant observation,...
at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, specializing in contemporary Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese society. She wrote the book Nightwork
Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club
Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club is a book-length study in the field of cultural anthropology of contemporary Japan by Anne Allison...
on hostess clubs and Japanese corporate culture after having worked at a hostess club in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
.
She received her BA
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from the University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop...
, and her Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
from the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
in 1986.
Books
- Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess ClubNightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess ClubNightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club is a book-length study in the field of cultural anthropology of contemporary Japan by Anne Allison...
(1994) - Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and Censorship in Japan (1995)
- "Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination" (2006)