Anne Allison is a professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University in the United States, specializing in contemporary Japanese society.
A Japanese edition of this book was published in 2010 by Shinchosha Press under the title Kiku to Pokémon: Guro-barusuru nihon no bunkaryōuku.
Until the collapse of Japan's economic bubble in 1991, lifelong employment and a secure income were within reach of most Japanese men, enabling them to maintain their families in a comfortable middle-class lifestyle.
The backlash from the letter led to the disclosure that Allison and other Duke members of the anthropology department were reprimanded in 2003 by Provost Peter Lange for misuse of university funds in 2003 for the publication of a political ad.
[2] In 2007, during the Duke controversy, Allison offered a course entitled "Hook-Up Culture at Duke" which intended to examine what "the lacrosse scandal tell[s] us about power, difference, and raced, classed, gendered and sexed normativity in the U.S." She was criticized for offering this course, given that facts made public in the case had already established that the lacrosse team was innocent of all charges.