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Manners and Mischief: Gender, Power, and Etiquette in Japan

Manners and Mischief: Gender, Power, and Etiquette in Japan

Miller, Laura
Bardsley, Jan

Paperback

EtiquetteAnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0520267842
ISBN13: 9780520267848
Publisher: Univ Of California Pr
Published: Apr 21 2011
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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.

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