9780415730167 - Interpreting Japan: Approaches and Applications for the Classroom von Mcveigh, Brian (4 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. xvii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Contents: 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 Japanese encodes time as spatial relations How political economics shapes politeness Manners and morals in everyday life Gender relations in popular art: commentary and critical appraisals Cuteness: daily aesthetics as resistance to social order Changing patterns and perceptions of the Japanese family Japanese spirituality: purification and festivals The vitalism of Japan's new religions Technology, time, and the culture of the copy The magic of technology: fears and fantasies in Japanese science fiction Royal weddings: the self-presentation of the state Epilogue: lessons from Japan: the "staginess" of postmodern social life.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 274 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Brian J. McVeigh is presently training in counseling at the School of Health Sciences, Sage Graduate School and teaches at the School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona. The author of seven books, he is currently inve.

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