Seeking the Self : Individualism and Popular Culture in Japan
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
3039108743
ISBN-13
9783039108749
Publisher
Verlag Peter Lang
Imprint
Verlag Peter Lang
Country of Manufacture
CH
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 6th, 2007
Print length
253 Pages
Weight
506 grams
Dimensions
16.30 x 23.10 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Public speaking guidesLiterary studies: generalCultural studiesAnthropology
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This book is about the self in contemporary Japan. In contrast to Euro-American cultures, in which the self is considered to be the essence of personhood, in Japanese culture the self is constantly reconstructed in relation to others. This particular self is studied by examining the ways popular culture is consumed, with a special focus on manga, the Japanese word for comics and cartoons.
The first part of the book contains an ethnographic research in which the author investigates the relationship between popular media and the search for self-knowledge. In the second part a historical analysis traces the development of self-seeking in Japan since the country’s modernisation period.
The first part of the book contains an ethnographic research in which the author investigates the relationship between popular media and the search for self-knowledge. In the second part a historical analysis traces the development of self-seeking in Japan since the country’s modernisation period.
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