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Title: Recreating Japanese Men
Condition: New
Author: Sabine Frühstück
Contributor: Sabine Frühstück (Edited by), Anne Walthall (Edited by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0520267389
EAN: 9780520267381
ISBN: 9780520267381
Publisher: University of California Press
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships
Release Date: 04/10/2011
Description: The essays in this groundbreaking book explore the meanings of manhood in Japan from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries. "Recreating Japanese Men" examines a broad 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. Contributors address key questions about Japanese manhood ranging from icons such as the samurai to marginal men including hermaphrodites, robots, techno-geeks, rock climbers, shop clerks, soldiers, shoguns, and more. In addition to bringing historical evidence to bear on definitions of masculinity, contributors provide fresh analyses on the ways contemporary modes and styles of masculinity have affected Japanese men's sense of gender as authentic and stable.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 229mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Width: 23mm
Item Weight: 499g
Book Series: Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
Release Year: 2011

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