Japan's private spheres : autonomy in Japanese history, 1600-1930
W. Puck Brecher
Bok · Engelsk · 2021
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| Omfang | XIX, 364 sider : illustrasjon
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: The private "problem" -- Public and private in pre-Meiji thought and society -- The private self and the Meiji-Taisho state -- Peripheries as private spheres -- Boyhood as an autonomous sphere -- "Publicizing" the private : self-interrogation and self-indulgence in the arts -- The deviant in Meiji society : autonomy, individuality, and public power -- The private individual in early Meiji education (1872-1890s) -- Education and public individuality (1890s-1927) -- Vacationing and moral authority -- Nationalizing the body : physical exercise as a public ethic -- Conclusion: Can modern Japan's private spheres be moral?. - "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 | 9789004447547
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