{"product_id":"japans-private-spheres-william-puck-brecher-9789004447547","title":"Japan's Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930","description":"\u003ci\u003eJapan's Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930\u003c\/i\u003e traces the shifting nature of autonomy in early modern and modern Japan. In this far-reaching, interdisciplinary study, W. Puck Brecher explores the historical development of the private and its evolving relationship with public authority, a dynamic that evokes stereotypes about an alleged dearth of individual agency in Japanese society. It does so through a montage of case studies. For the early modern era, case studies examine peripheral living spaces, boyhood, and self-interrogation in the arts. For the modern period, they explore strategic deviance, individuality in Meiji education, modern leisure, and body-maintenance. Analysis of these disparate private realms illuminates evolving conceptualizations of the private and its reciprocal yet often-contested relationship to the state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Puck Brecher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004447547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004447547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"William Puck Brecher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45180403974399,"sku":"9789004447547","price":166.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0bd5e086-1ffb-468f-81f5-7edc94be6c83.jpg?v=1712897964","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/japans-private-spheres-william-puck-brecher-9789004447547","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}