Situated meaning : inside and outside in Japanese self, society, and language / edited by Jane M. Bachnik and Charles J. Quinn, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bachnik, Jane, editor.

Quinn, Charles J., Jr., 1948- editor.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library ; 5265

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese language--Social aspects.

Japanese language.

Civilization--Philosophy.

Civilization.

Japan--Civilization--Philosophy.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Situated Meaning adds a new dimension, both literal and metaphoric, to our understanding of Japan. The essays in this volume leave the vertical axis of hierarchy and subordination-an organizing trope in much of the literature on Japan-and focus instead on the horizontal, interpreting a wide range of cultural practices and orientations in terms of such relational concepts as uchi ("inside") and soto ("outside"). Evolving from a shared theoretical focus, the essays show that in Japan the directional orientations inside and outside are specifically linked to another set of meanings, denoting "self" and "society."After Donald L. Brenneis's foreword, Jane M. Bachnick, Charles J. Quinn, Jr., Patricia J. Wetzel, Nancy R. Rosenberger, and Robert J. Sukle discuss "Indexing Self and Social Context." "Failure to Index: Boundary Disintegration and Social Breakdown" is the topic of Dorinne K. Kondo, Matthews M. Hamabata, Michael S. Molasky, and Jane Bachnik. Finally, Charles Quinn explores "Language as a Form of Life."Jane M. Bachnik is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is presently pursuing research in Japan under a Senior Fellowship Grant from the Japan Foundation. Charles J. Quinn, Jr., is Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the Ohio State University.Originally published in 1994.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

FOREWORD: SITUATED MEANING

PREFACE

NOTE ON ROMANIZATION

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AND ORTHOGRAPHIC CONVENTIONS

CONTRIBUTORS

Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION : UCHI/SOTO: CHALLENGING OUR CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF SELF, SOCIAL ORDER, AND LANGUAGE

Chapter 2. THE TERMS UCHI ΑΝD SOTO AS WINDOWS ON A WORLD

Chapter 3. A MOVABLE SELF: THE LINGUISTIC INDEXING OF UCHI AND SOTO

Chapter 4. INDEXING HIERARCHY THROUGH JAPANESE GENDER RELATIONS

Chapter 5. UCHI/SOTO: CHOICES IN DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS IN JAPANESE

Chapter 6. INDEXING SELF AND SOCIETY IN JAPANESE FAMILY ORGANIZATION

Chapter 7. UCHI NO KAISHA: COMPANY AS FAMILY?

Chapter 8. THE BATTLE TO BELONG: SELF-SACRIFICE AND SELF-FULFILLMENT IN THE JAPANESE FAMILY ENTERPRISE

Chapter 9. WHEN UCHI AND SOTO FELL SILENT IN THE NIGHT: SHIFTING BOUNDARIES IN SHIGA NAOYA'S "THE RAZOR"

Chapter 10. UCHI/SOTO: AUTHORITY AND INTIMACY, HIERARCHY AND SOLIDARITY IN JAPAN

Chapter 11. UCHI/SOTO: TI P OF A SEMIOTIC ICEBERG? ,INSIDE' AND ,OUTSIDE' KNOWLEDGE IN THE GRAMMAR OF JAPANESE

INDEX

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780691608549

0691608547

9780691069654

0691069654

9780691194455

0691194459

OCLC:

1079006054