Japan Through the Looking Glass by MacFarlane, Alan

Japan Through the Looking Glass (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781861979674)

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Format: Paperback
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Japan Through the Looking Glass by MacFarlane, Alan

Japan Through the Looking Glass

$15.95
Japan Through the Looking Glass by MacFarlane, Alan

Japan Through the Looking Glass

$15.95
Format: Paperback
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This entertaining and endlessly surprising book takes us on an exploration into every aspect of Japanese society from the most public to the most intimate. A series of meticulous investigations gradually uncovers the multi-faceted nature of a country and people who are even more extraordinary than they seem. 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.

Author: Alan MacFarlane
ISBN-10: 1861979673
ISBN-13: 9781861979674
Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.70d
By Alan MacFarlane
By Alan MacFarlane
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Alan Macfarlane is Professor of Anthropology at Cambridge. He has often visited and taught in Japan. He is the author of The Glass Bathyscaphe and Japan Through the Looking Glass.

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