Geographies of Identity in Nineteenth-Century Japan [Hardcover]

David L. Howell (Author)

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Hardcover: 271 pages
Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (Feb 7 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0520240855
ISBN-13: 978-0520240858
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 522 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,237,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"One of the most important contributions of this book is its compelling portrait of the various itinerants within, and often without, early-modern Japan's status system. Even though the topic is a rather serious one, Howell reveals a refreshing sense of humor and an original approach. This is a pleasure to read." - Brett L. Walker, author of The Conquest of Ainu Lands "David Howell's immersion in contemporary Japanese scholarship is evident on every page of this masterful book. A probing work of great erudition." - Karen Wigen, author of The Making of a Japanese Periphery"

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In this pioneering study, David L. Howell looks beneath the surface structures of the Japanese state to reveal the mechanism by which markers of polity, status, and civilization came together over the divide of the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Howell illustrates how a short roster of malleable, explicitly superficial customs--hairstyle, clothing, and personal names-- served to distinguish the "civilized" realm of the Japanese from the "barbarian" realm of the Ainu in the Tokugawa era. Within the core polity, moreover, these same customs distinguished members of different social status groups from one another, such as samurai warriors from commoners, and commoners from outcasts.

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