Pink Box: Inside Japan's Sex Clubs
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For the album by American singer Pink, see Pink Box.
Pink Box is a book by photojournalist Joan Sinclair, chronicling her exploration of the secret world of fuzoku (prostitution) in Japan.[1] Sinclair was joined by contributor James Farrer, a sociologist, who attempted to "place[s] the images in the context of contemporary Japanese culture." The book is 192 pages long, and was published in 2006.
Sinclair, a lawyer, describes being triggered to write the book by a comment she overheard ten years earlier, when she spent a year teaching English in Japan.[2][3] Sinclair describes encountering, and overcoming, difficulties researching and getting access to the clubs—usually reserved for Japanese born patrons.
[edit] References
- ^ "Pink Box By Joan Sinclair". Google Book Search. http://books.google.ca/books?id=GujtAAAACAAJ&dq=%22Joan+Sinclair%22+%22Pink+Box%22&ei=UldiSdiPMorONf_-lNoB. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
- ^ "Peeping into the Pink Box: inside Japan's sex clubs". Kansai Scene. http://www.kansaiscene.com/2007_03/html/feature3.shtml. Retrieved 2008-10-21. mirror
- ^ Venkatesan Vembu (2006-10-13). "Lust in translation". Daily News & Analysis. http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1058338. Retrieved 2008-10-21. mirror
[edit] External links
- Roland Kelts. "Interview with photographer Joan Sinclair". http://www.pinkboxjapan.com/interviews.html. Retrieved 2008-10-21. mirror
- "Books on Japan: Pink Box". Japan Visitor. http://www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?cID=354&pID=1423. Retrieved 2008-10-21. mirror
- "Exotic Sex Study". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/seven/10212006/gossip/pagesix/pagesix_u.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-28.[dead link] mirror
- George Rush, Joanna Molloy (2006-10-20). "The dish on two storied reporters". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/2006/10/20/2006-10-20_the_dish_on_two_storied_repo.html. Retrieved 2008-09-28. "THOSE CABANA Rum cocktails did the trick when some guests jumped in the pool at the Hotel QT party for Joan Sinclair's photo book, "Pink Box: Inside Japan's Sex Clubs." At the bash, hosted by Andre Balazs, Brandon Holley and David Kuhn, the fetching Sinclair confided that she hopes her penetration of Tokyo's sex industry won't foul up her application for a post in the Bush administration. Au contraire! It's a qualification ..." mirror
