Love in modern Japan : its estrangement from self, sex, and society / Sonia Ryang.
Love in modern Japan : its estrangement from self, sex, and society / Sonia Ryang.
Love in modern Japan : its estrangement from self, sex, and society / Sonia Ryang.
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Publisher
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Date
2006.
Call Numbers
N306.70952/ 2
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 176 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1
Sacred sex --
2
Sovereign and love --
3
Pure love --
4
Body and soul.
Sacred sex -- Sovereign and love -- Pure love -- Body and soul.
Publication information
Publisher
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"This book proposes to see the concept of love as a national state apparatus. By looking at key historical and social events in Japan, the book captures how men and women in Japan are made "loving" members of the nation, subjected to the state's intervention across the areas of life and death." "Ryang offers debate on ethnological case studies incl...
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Love in modern Japan : its estrangement from self, sex, and society / Sonia Ryang.
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Anthropology of Asia series.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N306.70952/ 2
Record Identifier
74VKOPAyVOJd
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ISBN
041577005X (hardback : alk. paper)
9780415770057 (hbk.)
9780203967034 (ebk.)
DDC
306.70952
MMS ID
991022398679702626
