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Ape Men
asahi
Asahi Shinbun
Author_Joy Hendry
Category=JBCC
ceremony
contemporary Japanese leisure culture
cultural anthropology Japan
Drinking Occasions
edo
English Premier League
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Football Association
Hot Spring Resort
Huis Ten Bosch
iemoto
Iemoto System
IPA Member
Japan Professional Football League
Japanese Domestic Tourism
Japanese leisure studies
Karaoke Singing
kii
Kii Peninsula
Lucky Number
ludic practices
meiji
National High School Championships
period
Philip III
Pine Mushroom
ritual and recreation
Satomi Hakkenden
shinbun
social behaviour Japan
Studio Ghibli
subcultures Japan
system
tea
Tea Ceremony
Ue 1983a
Vice Versa
Wild Boar
Yakushi Nyorai
Younger Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415379373
- Weight: 610g
- Dimensions: 210 x 280mm
- Publication Date: 23 Aug 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book explores the myth, so abused by the mass media, that the Japanese are a grey, anonymous mass of efficient, obedient workers. The articles shed light on a Japan outside officialdom, a lively Japan of tumultuous and independent thought, inefficient and aesthetic, pleasure-loving, aggressive and wasteful, creative and anti-authoritarian. The book's truly international contributors examine the role in modern Japanese society of a range of leisure and play activities, from drinking to travel, football to karaoke, tattoos to rock fandom. They explore how things that seem like play in one context are deadly serious in another, and how the fun and enjoyment may be achieved in unexpected ways. They also draw attention to the importance of such activities in understanding the deeper structure and meaning pervading all areas of the society in which they take place. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Japanese Studies, Sociology, Anthropology and Cultural Studies.
