Losing Face: Status Politics in Japan

Losing Face: Status Politics in Japan
ISBN-10
0520080920
ISBN-13
9780520080928
Category
History
Pages
292
Language
English
Published
1992-10-01
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Author
Susan J. Pharr

Description

How does a "homogeneous" society like Japan treat the problem of social inequality? Losing Face looks beyond conventional structural categories (race, class, ethnicity) to focus on conflicts based on differences in social status. Three rich and revealing case studies explore crucial asymmetries of age, sex, and former caste. How does a "homogeneous" society like Japan treat the problem of social inequality? Losing Face looks beyond conventional structural categories (race, class, ethnicity) to focus on conflicts based on differences in social status. Three rich and revealing case studies explore crucial asymmetries of age, sex, and former caste.

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