256 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
256 Pages
39 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Drawing on theories of place, consumption and identity, Sarah Chaplin details the evolution of the love hotel in urban Japan since the 1950s. Love hotels emerged in the late 1950s following a ban of licensed prostitution, then were extremely popular in the 1970s, were then legislated against in the 1980s and are now perceived as ‘leisure’, ‘fashion’ or ‘boutique’ hotels.
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Introduction 1. The Urban Context of Love Hotel Districts 2. The Love Hotel as a Building Type 3. Images and Technologies of the Love Hotel Interior 4. Naming and Theming the Love Hotel 5. The Love Hotel Industry 6. Towards a Conclusion
Biography
Sarah Chaplin is Deputy Director of the Urban Renaissance Institute and Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Greenwich, London.
