Excursions in identity : travel and the intersection of place, gender, and status in Edo Japan /

"In the Edo period (1600-1868), status- and gender-based expectations largely defined a person's place and identity in society. The wayfarers of the time, however, discovered that travel provided the opportunity to escape from the confines of the everyday. Cultured travelers of the sevente...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nenzi, Laura
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2008.
Temas:
1600-1868
Geschichte 1603-1867.
Travelers' writings, Japanese > History and criticism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Social conditions
Travel
Travelers' writings, Japanese
Edo-Zeit
Reisebericht
Japan > Description and travel.
Japan > Social conditions > 1600-1868.
Japon > Descriptions et voyages.
Japon > Conditions sociales > 1600-1868.
Japan
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: everything flows
  • pt. 1. Re-creating spaces. Maps, movements, and the malleable spaces of Edo Japan
  • At the intersection of travel and gender
  • pt. 2. Re-creating identities. Women on the road: identities in motion
  • Palimpsests: the open road and the blank page
  • pt. 3. Purchasing re-creation. Print matters: popularizing past and present
  • Icons of escapism
  • Bodies, brothels, and baths: travel and physical re-creation
  • Conclusion: dreaming of walking near Fuji.

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