Losing Face

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Losing Face

Status Politics in Japan

Social and cultural anthropology Politics and government

Author: Susan J. Pharr

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Collection: Philip E. Lilienthal Asian Studies Imprint

Language: English

Published by: University of California Press

Published on: 22nd December 2023

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9780520344969


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.

This title was originally published in 1990.

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

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