1st Edition
Love in Modern Japan Its Estrangement from Self, Sex and Society
By Sonia Ryang
Copyright 2007
192 Pages
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Routledge
188 Pages
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Routledge
192 Pages
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Routledge
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This compelling and controversial book places the concept of love in both a social and historical context. Taking an approach in which state formation and vicissitude of power are explicitly taken into account in the discussion of intimacy and love, the author demonstrates that love as idealization and love as sexuality must be kept analytically separate. Chapters include discussions on... Read more
Introduction. 1. Sacred Sex 2. Sovereign and Love 3. Pure Love 4. Body and Soul. Conclusion
Biography
Sonia Ryang is an Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Stanley Family and Korea Foundation Scholar of Korean Studies at University of Iowa. Her previous publications include Koreans in Japan: Critical Voices from the Margin (Routledge, 2000) and Japan and National Anthropology: A Critique (Routledge, 2004).
