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The Culture of Copying in Japan - Critical and Historical Perspectives (Paperback)
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The Culture of Copying in Japan - Critical and Historical Perspectives (Paperback)
Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
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This book challenges the perception of Japan as a 'copying culture'
through a series of detailed ethnographic and historical case
studies. It addresses a question about why the West has had such a
fascination for the adeptness with which the Japanese apparently
assimilate all things foreign and at the same time such a fear of
their skill at artificially remaking and automating the world
around them. Countering the idea of a Japan that deviously or
ingenuously copies others, it elucidates the history of creative
exchanges with the outside world and the particular myths,
philosophies and concepts which are emblematic of the origins and
originality of copying in Japan. The volume demonstrates the
diversity and creativity of copying in the Japanese context through
the translation of a series of otherwise loosely related ideas and
concepts into objects, images, texts and practices of reproduction,
which include: shamanic theatre, puppetry, tea utensils, Kyoto town
houses, architectural models, genres of painting, calligraphy, and
poetry, 'sample' food displays, and the fashion and car industries.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Japan Anthropology Workshop Series |
Release date: |
May 2009 |
First published: |
2008 |
Editors: |
Rupert Cox
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-54539-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Reference & Interdisciplinary >
Interdisciplinary studies >
General
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LSN: |
0-415-54539-0 |
Barcode: |
9780415545396 |
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