Manners and mischief : gender, power, and etiquette in Japan /
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Bardsley, Jan. Miller, Laura, 1953- |
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| Other Corporate Authors / Creators: | Doris F. Condon Library Fund (Wellesley College Library) |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011] |
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| Local Note: | Gift of the Doris F. Condon Library Fund. |
| Summary: | 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, the dynamics of subversion and conformity, and more. This richly detailed work reveals how manners give meaning to everyday life and extraordinary occasions, and how they can illuminate larger social and cultural transformations.<br> <br> |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0520267834 0520267842 9780520267831 9780520267848 |
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