The art of the gut [[electronic resource] ] : manhood, power, and ethics in Japanese politics / / Robin M. LeBlanc

• Autore: LeBlanc Robin M. <1966->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.952081
• Soggetto topico: Masculinity - Political aspects - Japan; Men - Political activity - Japan; Political culture - Japan
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Politics and government 1989-
• Soggetto non controllato: breadwinners; campaign functions; cheating; citizens referendum movement; democracy; democratic practice; ethical agents; ethical being; ethics; ethnography; gender expectations; gender studies; gendered identity; good man; inheritor; japan; japanese masculinity; japanese men; japanese politics; leadership; male dominated political world; masculine honor; masculinity; morality; political choices; politics; power; rural leaders; strategy sessions; tokyo ward assembly
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Names -- Preface -- Introduction: The Power Remainder -- 1. Breadwinners -- 2. The Inheritor -- 3. The Paradox of Masculine Honor -- 4. Cheating as a Democratic Practice -- 5. The Art of the Gut -- Conclusion: Salad and Cigarettes for Breakfast, or How to Find Democracy by Losing Your Sense of Perspective -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The art of the gut
• ISBN: 1-282-36001-9; 9786612360015; 0-520-94505-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780435103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II