Our journey encompasses religion, ritual, martial arts, manners, eating, drinking, hot baths, geishas, family, home, singing, wrestling, dancing, performing, clans, education, aspiration, sexes, generations, race, crime, gangs, terror, war, kindness, cruelty, money, art, imperialism, emperor, countryside, city, politics, government, law and a language that varies according to whom you are speaking. Clear-sighted, persistent, affectionate, unsentimental and honest - Alan Macfarlane shows us Japan as it has never been seen before.
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In recording his attempts to grapple with Japan's often baffling realities, he allows the rest of us to step through that looking glass. * Sunday Times * On his journey through Japanese society, he encounters subjects from the most public to the most intimate and uncovers a nation that is even more extraordinary than he first thought. * Glasgow Herald * ...an engaging and well-informed analysis of Japanese culture and society. * The Independent *
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Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 144 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
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978-1-86197-952-0 (9781861979520)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Alan Macfarlane is Professor of Anthropology at Cambridge. He has often visited and taught in Japan.
