Japan's private spheres : : autonomy in Japanese history, 1600-1930 / / by W. Puck Brecher.
"Japan's Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930 traces the shifting nature of autonomy in early modern and modern Japan. In this far-reaching, interdisciplinary study, W. Puck Brecher explores the historical development of the private and its evolving relationship with pu...
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| Superior document: | The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 364 pages) :; illustrations, maps |
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| Summary: | "Japan's Private Spheres: Autonomy in Japanese History, 1600-1930 traces the shifting nature of autonomy in early modern and modern Japan. In this far-reaching, interdisciplinary study, W. Puck Brecher explores the historical development of the private and its evolving relationship with public authority, a dynamic that evokes stereotypes about an alleged dearth of individual agency in Japanese society. It does so through a montage of case studies. For the early modern era, case studies examine peripheral living spaces, boyhood, and self-interrogation in the arts. For the modern period, they explore strategic deviance, individuality in Meiji education, modern leisure, and body-maintenance. Analysis of these disparate private realms illuminates evolving conceptualizations of the private and its reciprocal yet often-contested relationship to the state"-- |
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| ISBN: | 9004450157 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by W. Puck Brecher. |