Geographies of identity in nineteenth-century Japan /:

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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1. Verfasser: Howell, David L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2005.
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:1 online resource (1 volume))
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520930872
0520930878
1597346322
9781597346320
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9781282759299
9786612759291
6612759291