9780520076020-0520076028-Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility

Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility

ISBN-13: 9780520076020
ISBN-10: 0520076028
Author: Takie Sugiyama Lebra
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback 464 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780520076020
ISBN-10: 0520076028
Author: Takie Sugiyama Lebra
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback 464 pages

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Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility (ISBN-13: 9780520076020 and ISBN-10: 0520076028), written by authors Takie Sugiyama Lebra, was published by University of California Press in 1995. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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This latest work from Japanese-born anthropologist Takie Sugiyama Lebra is the first ethnographic study of the modern Japanese aristocracy. Established as a class at the beginning of the Meiji period, the kazoku ranked directly below the emperor and his family. Officially dissolved in 1947, this group of social elites is still generally perceived as nobility. Lebra gained entry into this tightly knit circle and conducted more than one hundred interviews with its members. She has woven together a reconstructive ethnography from their life histories to create an intimate portrait of a remote and archaic world.As Lebra explores the culture of the kazoku, she places each subject in its historical context. She analyzes the evolution of status boundaries and the indispensable role played by outsiders.But this book is not simply about the elite. It is also about commoners and how each stratum mirrors the other. Revealing previously unobserved complexities in Japanese society, it also sheds light on the universal problem of social stratification.
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