Japanese and Americans : cultural parallels and paradoxes / by Charles Grinnell Cleaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cleaver, Charles Grinnell.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative civilization.

Japan--Civilization.

Japan.

United States--Civilization.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1976.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Long periods of residence, study, and teaching in Japan have given Professor Cleaver an opportunity to observe its culture and to compare it with that of the United States, where he is a specialist in American studies. He reaches the conclusion that differences in the two cultures have been emphasized so much that similarities have been overlooked. Further, he points out, when differences have been discovered, a moral judgment has often been implied. In this book he provides a balanced view which will, it is hoped, contribute to a better understanding between the two countries.

Contents:

Contents; CHAPTER 1 The Problem: Stereotypes (Self-Imposed and Otherwise), ""National Character,"" and Paradox; CHAPTER 2 The Wilderness Zion and the Land of the Gods; CHAPTER 3 The ""Crass Materialists"" and the ""Economic Animals,""; CHAPTER 4 The Old Environment: Nature; CHAPTER 5 Workaday and Holiday; CHAPTER 6 Fiction and the Popular Imagination; CHAPTER 7 Shelter and Symbol; CHAPTER 8 The Nurture of the Young; CHAPTER 9 In Concluding; EPILOGUE: ""Same Difference,""; By Way of Bibliography; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6193-6

OCLC:

476161985