Modern Japan Through Its Weddings

Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal

Walter Edwards (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

188 Seiten

1990
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8047-1815-8 (ISBN)

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Japanese weddings have become commercial affairs, with most conducted at specialized establishments offering expensive, lavish services. This book focuses on these ceremonies as a window on contemporary values, analyzing the relation between commercialization and symbolic content.

Introduction 1. The performance 2. Background 3. The actors 4. The stage and its managers 5. Imaging the marital ideal 6. Gender, person, and society Conclusion Notes Index.

Verlagsort	Palo Alto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	254 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8047-1815-6 / 0804718156
ISBN-13	978-0-8047-1815-8 / 9780804718158
Zustand	Neuware