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The Idea of Japan: Western Images, Western Myths Book

The Idea of Japan: Western Images, Western Myths
The Idea of Japan: Western Images, Western Myths, A hundred and fifty years ago Japan was a country so remote from the West that it might have existed on another planet. Today its influence touches all of us, yet in the West we know almost as little about it as we did in the days when Henry Adams, visiti, The Idea of Japan: Western Images, Western Myths has a rating of 4 stars
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  • The Idea of Japan: Western Images, Western Myths
  • Written by author Ian Littlewood
  • Published by Dee, Ivan R. Publisher, July 1996
  • A hundred and fifty years ago Japan was a country so remote from the West that it might have existed on another planet. Today its influence touches all of us, yet in the West we know almost as little about it as we did in the days when Henry Adams, visiti
  • In a history filled with examples and anecdotes, Mr. Littlewood shows how closely our current images of the Japanese are tied to the cliches of the past. A sharp and amusing guide to cultural myths and misunderstandings. --Ian Buruma Publishers We
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Preface
Acknowledgements
1A Question of Category3
2A Marked Resemblance to Monkeys13
3Strange Forms of Knowledge27
4Glorious Death35
5An Unfathomable Planet45
6A Realised Fairyland61
7Force of Circumstance70
8A Place to Meditate78
9A Natural Infirmity89
10The Inhuman Aesthetic98
11A Bevy of Damsels109
12Butterflies with Hearts120
13A Lewd People125
14Cultural Penetration142
15A Streak of Violence159
16The Sadist170
17Bushido184
18Samurai in Suits194
19Back to the Yellow Peril?208
Notes213
Select Bibliography227
Index232


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