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Identity, Gender, and Status in Japan.

The writings of Takie Lebra have had significant impact on Western understanding and appreciation of the structures and workings of Japanese society. In particular, her research into the notions of self and self-other relationships, issues of gender and women and motherhood has provided a new paradi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lebra, Takie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Table of Contents; Introduction; PART 1 SELF, IDENTITY, AND INTERACTION; 1 The Logic of Salvation: The Case of a Japanese Sect in Hawaii1; 2 The Social Mechanism of Guilt and Shame: The Japanese Case; 3 Acculturation Dilemma: The Function of Japanese Moral Values for Americanization; 4 Religious Conversion and Elimination of the Sick Role: A Japanese Sect in Hawaii; 5 Reciprocity-Based Moral Sanctions and Messianic Salvation; 6 The Interactional Perspective of Suffering and Curing in a Japanese Cult; 7 Taking the Role of Supernatural 'Other': Spirit Possession in a Japanese Healing Cult.