Speed Tribes: Days and Nights With Japan's Next Generation (Repost)
Speed Tribes: Days and Nights With Japan's Next Generation By Karl Taro Greenfeld
1994 | 286 Pages | ISBN: 0060170395 | EPUB | 2 MB
1994 | 286 Pages | ISBN: 0060170395 | EPUB | 2 MB
Greenfeld, the half-Japanese, half-Caucasian American Tokyo correspondent for The Nation, has written about a little-known, seamy subculture in Japan that became more prominent with the collapse of the "bubble" economy of the 1980s. In 12 compelling chapters, Greenfeld covers the grimier aspects of Tokyo's urban society: organized crime, the nightclub scene, motorcycle gangs (the eponymous bosozoku), computer hackers, ultra-right-wing nationalists, and the porn industry. His focus on individuals brings a sense of immediacy as his high-speed narrative highlights the flaws in Japan's society without bashing it.