Above the Clouds : Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility /

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This latest work from Japanese-born anthropologist Takie Sugiyama Lebra is the first ethnographic study of the modern Japanese aristocracy. Established as a class at the beginning of the Meiji period, the kazoku ranked directly below the emperor and his family. Officially dissolved in 1947, this gro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lebra, Takie Sugiyama, 1930-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1993.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Adel.
Sociale status.
Nobility.
Manners and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Nobility > Japan.
Japan.
Japon > Moeurs et coutumes > 20e siecle.
Japan > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Orthographic Note on Japanese Words
  • Studying the Aristocracy: Why, What, and How?
  • Creating the Modern Nobility: The Historical Legacy
  • Ancestors: Constructing Inherited Charisma
  • Successors: Immortalizing the Ancestors
  • Life-Style: Markers of Status and Hierarchy
  • Marriage: Realignment of Women and Men
  • Socialization: Acquisition and Transmission of Status Culture
  • Status Careers: Privilege and Liability
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue: The End of Showa.

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