Anne Allison

Anne Allison is a professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University in the United States, specializing in contemporary Japanese society. She wrote the book "" 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.

Duke Lacrosse Controversy

Allison was one of 88 signatories from Duke faculty [ [http://www.rd.com/celebrities/unforgettable-characters/the-duke-lacrosse-rape-case/article.html The Duke Lacrosse Rape Case: The Signatories of the "Chronicle" Ad | Your America | Reader's Digest ] ] in an advertisement that appeared in the Duke student newspaper shortly after the Duke lacrosse case broke, quoting anonymous individuals proclaiming sexism and racism in the community and thanking those who are "turning up the volume." [http://photos1.blogger.com/photoInclude/x/blogger/2862/372/1600/99636/Listening_Statement_b.jpg] Many critics argue that this group prematurely labeled the players as guilty without any evidence.

Books

* (1994)
*"Permitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and Censorship in Japan" (1996)
*"Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination" (2006)

References

External links

* [http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/CA/faculty/anne.allison Allison's faculty page at Duke]