Modern Japan Through Its Weddings

Gender, Person, and Society in Ritual Portrayal

Walter Edwards (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

188 Seiten

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

Infos

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.

Inhalt

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.

Produkt-Details

• 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