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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Recreating Japanese men. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2010052332 (OCoLC)694172169 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Sabine Frühstück; Anne Walthall |
ISBN: | 9780520950320 0520950321 |
OCLC Number: | 759158602 |
Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 347 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | pt. 1. Legacies of the samurai -- pt. 2. Marginal men -- pt. 3. Bodies and boundaries. |
Series Title: | Asia--local studies/global themes, 20. |
Responsibility: | edited by Sabine Frühstück and Anne Walthall. |
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Abstract:
Includes essays that explore the meanings of manhood in Japan from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. This title examines a range of attitudes regarding properly masculine pursuits and modes of behavior. It charts breakdowns in traditional and conventional societal roles and the resulting crises of masculinity.
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"Fascinating, clearly written." -- Michael Lewis Monumenta Nipponica 20120101

