The Japanese mind : understanding contemporary Japanese culture / edited by Roger J. Davies & Osamu Ikeno.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, Roger J., 1949-

Ikeno, Osamu.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Japanese.

Japan--Civilization--20th century.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 recurs en línia (280 pàgines)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Understanding contemporary Japanese culture

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; Rutland, Vt. : Tuttle Pub., 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: aimai (ambiguity), amae (dependence upon others' benevolence), amakudari (the nation's descent from heaven), chinmoku (silence in communication), gambari (perseverence), giri (social obligation), haragei (literally, ""belly art""; implicit, unspoken communication), kenkyo (the appearance of modesty), sempai-kohai (seniority

Contents:

Contté:; Japanese Chronology; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Aimai: Ambiguity and the Japanese; Amae: The Concept of Japanese Dependence; Amakudari: Descent from Heaven; Bigaku: The Japanese Sense of Beauty; Bushido: The Way of the Warrior; Chinmoku: Silence in Japanese Communication; Danjyo Kankei: Male and Female Relationships in Japan; The Do SPirit of Japan; Gambari: Japanese Patience and Determination; Giri: Japanese Social Obligations; Haragei: An Implicit Way of Communicating in Japan; Hedataru to Najimu: Japanese Personal Space; Honne to Tatemae: Private vs. Public Stance in Japan

The Japanese Ie SysemIitoko-Dori: Adopting Elements of Foreign Culture; Ikuji: Childrearing Practices in Japan; Kenkyo: The Japanese Virtue of Modesty; Kisetsu: The Japanese Sense of the Seasons; Nemawashi: Laying the Groundwork in Japan; Omiai: Arranged Marriage in Japan; Otogibanashi: Folktales of Japan; Ryosaikenbo ""Good Wives and Wise Mothers"": The Social Expectations of Women in Japan; Sempai-Kohai: Seniority Rules in Japanese Relations; Shudan Ishiki: Japanese Group Consciousness; Soshiki: Japanese Funerals; Uchi to Soto: Dual Meanings in Japanese Human Relations

Wabi-Sabi: Simplicity and Elegance as Japanese Ideals of BeautyZoto: The Japanese Custom of Gift Giving; References; Glossary

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-257).

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ISBN:

1-4629-0051-8

OCLC:

47916129