Interpreting Japan: approaches and applications for the classroom

by McVeigh, Brian J.

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Title Statements

Full title :Interpreting Japan : approaches and applications for the classroom / Brian J. McVeigh.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 274 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415730143, 0415730147, 9780415730167, 0415730163
oclc:ocn866856734
LC Classification:DS821
Dewey Decimal:952

Myths: images and realities of Japan -- Rituals: understanding patterned practices and behaviors -- Exchange: analyzing the flow and transfer of goods and values -- Macro-micro levels: linking the everyday with political economic institutions -- Symbols: interpreting images, representations, and meanings -- Identity: how collectivities configure a sense of self -- Popular culture: arts, entertainment, and leisure as interpretative windows -- Ownership: the relationship among property, politics, and personhood -- Embodiment: the senses, aethetics, and knowledge formation -- Theatrics: social life as dramatization -- Schooling as an exchange with the national state -- The rhythms and organizations of schooling -- Social mobility and class in Japan -- Japan's corporate culture and Economic Library -- Political Liberation: examples from history and art -- Liberalist ideologies and their practice in Japan -- Searching for "authentic" Japanese identity: portrayals in popular art -- Delineating the "mainstream" indentity of the Japanese -- The symbolism of spatial experience -- Making sense of sound: Japanese auditory symbolism -- Conceptual basics of the Japanese language -- How Japanes…

Subjects

Civilization History Honʼyaku iin shachū Japan Japan -- Civilization Japan -- Social conditions Japan -- Social life and customs Japon -- Civilisation Japon -- Conditions sociales Japon -- Moeurs et coutumes Kulturelle Identität Manners and customs Social conditions Soziale Situation Wirtschaftliche Lage