Shinto Japanese Wedding Tradition
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Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval $17.99 Are Japanese families in crisis? In this dynamic and substantive study, Merry Isaacs White looks back at two key moments of “family making” in the past hundred years–the Meiji era and postwar period–to see how models for the Japanese family have been constructed. The models had little to do with families of their eras and even less to do with families today, she finds. She vividly portrays the e… |
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An English Girl in Japan $2.96 This volume is from 1904. PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION The following sketches of life in Japan and the voyage there and back are taken from a diary which I kept during my travels. As Japan and its wonderful little people have come so much before the world during the last few years, and especially at this time are one of the chief factors in the crisis in the Far East, I thought that these reminisce… |
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Modern Japan Through Its Weddings: Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal $30.00 “A fascinating backstage look at the wedding industry, one which the author views as a window on contemporary values. While the book is written to rigorous academic standards, its lucid and witty style makes it appealing to the general reader.”–John H. Boyle, “Eastern Economic Review.” (Anthropology)… |
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