Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Japan /

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In this pioneering study, David L. Howell looks beneath the surface structures of the Japanese state to reveal the mechanism by which markers of polity, status, and civilization came together over the divide of the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Howell illustrates how a short roster of malleable, explic...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Howell, David L. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2005.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Sozialstatus
Ethnische Identität
Social conditions
Civilization.
Ainu > Ethnic identity.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Aïnou (Peuple d'Asie) > Identite ethnique.
Ainu.
Japan
Japan.
Japon > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Japon > Civilisation > 19e siecle.
Japan > Social conditions > 19th century.
Japan > Civilization > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In this pioneering study, David L. Howell looks beneath the surface structures of the Japanese state to reveal the mechanism by which markers of polity, status, and civilization came together over the divide of the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Howell illustrates how a short roster of malleable, explicitly superficial customs--hairstyle, clothing, and personal names-- served to distinguish the "civilized" realm of the Japanese from the "barbarian" realm of the Ainu in the Tokugawa era. Within the core polity, moreover, these same customs distinguished members of different social status groups fro.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (271 pages).
ISBN:9780520930872

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