03031nam 2200649 a 450 991045416030332120200520144314.00-8166-6193-6(CKB)1000000000689918(EBL)345453(OCoLC)476161985(SSID)ssj0000362039(PQKBManifestationID)11242753(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000362039(PQKBWorkID)10364007(PQKB)10088451(SSID)ssj0000185097(PQKBManifestationID)11165878(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185097(PQKBWorkID)10207328(PQKB)11215363(MiAaPQ)EBC345453(OCoLC)234380661(MdBmJHUP)muse39333(Au-PeEL)EBL345453(CaPaEBR)ebr10231084(CaONFJC)MIL525843(EXLCZ)99100000000068991820760626d1976 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJapanese and Americans[electronic resource] cultural parallels and paradoxes /by Charles Grinnell CleaverMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc19761 online resource (313 p.)Includes index.0-8166-6846-9 0-8166-0761-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.Contents; CHAPTER 1 The Problem: Stereotypes (Self-Imposed and Otherwise), ""National Character,"" and Paradox; CHAPTER 2 The Wilderness Zion and the Land of the Gods; CHAPTER 3 The ""Crass Materialists"" and the ""Economic Animals,""; CHAPTER 4 The Old Environment: Nature; CHAPTER 5 Workaday and Holiday; CHAPTER 6 Fiction and the Popular Imagination; CHAPTER 7 Shelter and Symbol; CHAPTER 8 The Nurture of the Young; CHAPTER 9 In Concluding; EPILOGUE: ""Same Difference,""; By Way of Bibliography; Notes; IndexLong periods of residence, study, and teaching in Japan have given Professor Cleaver an opportunity to observe its culture and to compare it with that of the United States, where he is a specialist in American studies. He reaches the conclusion that differences in the two cultures have been emphasized so much that similarities have been overlooked. Further, he points out, when differences have been discovered, a moral judgment has often been implied. In this book he provides a balanced view which will, it is hoped, contribute to a better understanding between the two countries. Since an exhausComparative civilizationJapanCivilizationUnited StatesCivilizationElectronic books.Comparative civilization.952.04Cleaver Charles Grinnell971023MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454160303321Japanese and Americans2207125UNINA