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Manners and Mischief: Gender, Power, and Etiquette in Japan
Miller L Bardsley J
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Paperback. Offering a snapshot of Japanese society, this title examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior from the early modern period to the present day and discovers how manners do in fact make the nation. Editor(s): Bardsley, Jan; Miller, Laura. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418. Gender, Power, and Etiquette in Japan. 304 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Bardsley, Jan; Miller, Laura. Offering a snapshot of Japanese society, this title examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior from the early modern period to the present day and discovers how manners do in fact make the nation. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHBT. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 18. Weight: 418.
Offering a concise, entertaining snapshot of Japanese society, "Manners and Mischief" examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior from the early modern period to the present day and discovers how manners do in fact make the nation. Eleven accessibly written essays consider a spectrum of cases, from the geisha party to gay bar cool, executive grooming, and good manners for subway travel. Together, they show that etiquette is much more than fussy rules for behavior. In fact the idiom of manners, packaged in conduct literature, reveals much about gender and class difference, notions of national identity, ... Read more
Offering a concise, entertaining snapshot of Japanese society, "Manners and Mischief" examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior from the early modern period to the present day and discovers how manners do in fact make the nation. Eleven accessibly written essays consider a spectrum of cases, from the geisha party to gay bar cool, executive grooming, and good manners for subway travel. Together, they show that etiquette is much more than fussy rules for behavior. In fact the idiom of manners, packaged in conduct literature, reveals much about gender and class difference, notions of national identity, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520267848
SKU
V9780520267848
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About Miller L Bardsley J
Jan Bardsley, Associate Professor of Japanese Humanities at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of The Bluestockings of Japan: New Women Essays and Fiction from Seito, 1911--1916. Laura Miller, Eiichi Shibusawa-Seigo Arai Professor of Japanese Studies and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, is the author of Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese ... Read more
Reviews for Manners and Mischief: Gender, Power, and Etiquette in Japan
"With Manners and Mischief, as with their previous work, Bardsley and Miller demonstrate what commitment to serious fun can look like."
Christine R. Yano Monumenta Nipponica "Manners and Mischief disdains frivolity and stands firm as an academic text for students serious about extending their anthropological knowledge of Japan."
Kris Kosaka Japan Times
Christine R. Yano Monumenta Nipponica "Manners and Mischief disdains frivolity and stands firm as an academic text for students serious about extending their anthropological knowledge of Japan."
Kris Kosaka Japan Times