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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/11676360 Title: Behind the mask : on sexual demons, sacred mothers, transvestites, gangsters, and other Japanese cultural heroes Author: Ian Buruma Publisher: New York : New American Library, 1985, ©1984. ISBN/ISSN: 0452007380 9780452007383 OCLC:11676360

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Behind the mask : on sexual demons, sacred mothers, transvestites, gangsters, and other Japanese cultural heroes

Author:	Ian Buruma
Publisher:	New York : New American Library, 1985, ©1984.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Subjects	National characteristics, Japanese. Popular culture -- Japan. Popular culture. View all subjects
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Buruma, Ian. Behind the mask. New York : New American Library, 1985, ©1984 (OCoLC)705865892
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Ian Buruma Find more information about:
ISBN:	0452007380 9780452007383
OCLC Number:	11676360
Notes:	Originally published as: A Japanese mirror. "A Meridian book." Reprint. Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, ©1984.
Description:	xiii, 242 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Other Titles:	Japanese mirror
Responsibility:	Ian Buruma.

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