By Alan Macfarlane
ISBN-10: 1861979673
ISBN-13: 9781861979674
This wonderful and perpetually superb e-book takes us on an exploration into each point of eastern society from the main public to the main intimate.
A sequence of meticulous investigations progressively uncovers the multi-faceted nature of a rustic and those who are much more amazing than they seem.
Our trip encompasses faith, ritual, martial arts, manners, consuming, consuming, sizzling baths, geishas, kin, domestic, making a song, wrestling, dancing, acting, clans, schooling, aspiration, sexes, generations, race, crime, gangs, terror, battle, kindness, cruelty, funds, paintings, imperialism, emperor, nation-state, urban, politics, govt, legislation and a language that varies in accordance with whom you're talking.
Clear-sighted, continual, affectionate, unsentimental and sincere - Alan Macfarlane exhibits us Japan because it hasn't ever been obvious ahead of.
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It was clear that our friends felt there was something special about this experience, something beyond the mere sensual pleasure of hot water. Unlike westerners, Japanese wash themselves before getting into the very hot water where they then lie and soak. ‘We think it very famous,’ explained our friends, ‘We are bath-sensitive people. We were very disappointed with the English bath. Not a bath at all. A bath is one of the most wonderful things in Japan. The most comfortable thing in the world. Once a year, usually in May, people tend to go to hot springs, but they are not relaxing if one has lots of things to do.
This practice was clearly modelled on the sex industry in Japan and reflected attitudes about the body and sex totally at odds with those of the countries where it was exported. At first the comfort women were paid for their work, but this gradually ceased in many places as war spread throughout East Asia. The Japanese comfort women, taken to China, were not only prostitutes but ordinary women who had been encouraged to go to provide support for the troops. They were usually located in the cities.
This practice was clearly modelled on the sex industry in Japan and reflected attitudes about the body and sex totally at odds with those of the countries where it was exported. At first the comfort women were paid for their work, but this gradually ceased in many places as war spread throughout East Asia. The Japanese comfort women, taken to China, were not only prostitutes but ordinary women who had been encouraged to go to provide support for the troops. They were usually located in the cities.
Japan Through the Looking Glass by Alan Macfarlane
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