Dimensions of Japanese society : gender, margins and mainstream

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

Dimensions of Japanese society : gender, margins and mainstream

Kenneth G. Henshall

Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, 1999

  • : uk : hbk
  • : uk : pbk
  • : us : hbk

Available at  / 73 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

"Palgrave Macmillan"--T.p. of digital printing 2002

Bibliography: p. 224-236

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Japan remains one of the most intriguing yet least understood nations. In a much needed, balanced and comprehensive analysis, among other remarkable revelations, this book presents for the first time a vital key to understanding the organisation of Japan's society and the behaviour of its people. The Japanese are not driven by a universal morality based on Good and Evil, but by broad aesthetic concepts based on Pure and Impure. What they include as 'impure' will surprise many readers.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Japan as Other, and the Other Japan The Essentials of Society: Men and Women On the Fringes of Society: Minorities and Other Marginal The Mainstream of Society: Being a Normal Japanese Conclusion: Japan as Itself, and the Aesthetics of Purity References Glossary of Key Japanese Terms Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top