LEADER 04451nam 2201021Ia 450 001 9910780435103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-36001-9 010 $a9786612360015 010 $a0-520-94505-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520945050 035 $a(CKB)2420000000002456 035 $a(EBL)837270 035 $a(OCoLC)773565015 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000289190 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11211048 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289190 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10383818 035 $a(PQKB)10524914 035 $a(DE-B1597)520481 035 $a(OCoLC)1011129633 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520945050 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837270 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10343500 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL236001 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837270 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000002456 100 $a20090302d2009 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe art of the gut$b[electronic resource] $emanhood, power, and ethics in Japanese politics /$fRobin M. LeBlanc 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-25917-3 311 $a0-520-25916-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote on Names --$tPreface --$tIntroduction: The Power Remainder --$t1. Breadwinners --$t2. The Inheritor --$t3. The Paradox of Masculine Honor --$t4. Cheating as a Democratic Practice --$t5. The Art of the Gut --$tConclusion: Salad and Cigarettes for Breakfast, or How to Find Democracy by Losing Your Sense of Perspective --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aThis beautifully written ethnography follows the lives of two very different Japanese men entering political life in two very different communities. One is the rural leader of a citizens' referendum movement, while the other hopes to succeed his father in a Tokyo ward assembly. Fast-paced and engrossing, The Art of the Gut puts the reader behind the scenes to hear speeches, attend campaign functions, and eavesdrop on late-night strategy sessions and one-on-one conversations. In her groundbreaking analysis, Robin M. Le Blanc explores the the two men's differing notions of what is expected of a "good" man and demonstrates how the fundamental desire to be good men constrains their political choices even as it encourages both to become ethical agents. The result is a vibrant and up-to-date picture of politics in Japan today that also addresses masculine gender expectations in a male-dominated political world, the connection between gendered identity and ethical being, and the process by which men who are neither dominant nor marginal to their communities assert themselves both with and against power. 606 $aMasculinity$xPolitical aspects$zJapan 606 $aMen$xPolitical activity$zJapan 606 $aPolitical culture$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y1989- 610 $abreadwinners. 610 $acampaign functions. 610 $acheating. 610 $acitizens referendum movement. 610 $ademocracy. 610 $ademocratic practice. 610 $aethical agents. 610 $aethical being. 610 $aethics. 610 $aethnography. 610 $agender expectations. 610 $agender studies. 610 $agendered identity. 610 $agood man. 610 $ainheritor. 610 $ajapan. 610 $ajapanese masculinity. 610 $ajapanese men. 610 $ajapanese politics. 610 $aleadership. 610 $amale dominated political world. 610 $amasculine honor. 610 $amasculinity. 610 $amorality. 610 $apolitical choices. 610 $apolitics. 610 $apower. 610 $arural leaders. 610 $astrategy sessions. 610 $atokyo ward assembly. 615 0$aMasculinity$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aMen$xPolitical activity 615 0$aPolitical culture 676 $a320.952081 700 $aLeBlanc$b Robin M.$f1966-$0792106 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780435103321 996 $aThe art of the gut$93800845 997 $aUNINA