The art of the gut [[electronic resource] ] : manhood, power, and ethics in Japanese politics / / Robin M. LeBlanc |
Autore | LeBlanc Robin M. <1966-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | 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 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 |
ISBN |
1-282-36001-9
9786612360015 0-520-94505-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780435103321 |
LeBlanc Robin M. <1966->
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Cinderella's sisters : a revisionist history of footbinding / / Dorothy Ko |
Autore | Ko Dorothy <1957-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. : , : University of California Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 391.4/13/0951 |
Soggetto topico |
Footbinding - China
Foot - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
age of disavowal
beauty china chinese culture chinese history cultural nostalgia dance culture embodied lyricism fangzu fashion and clothing female body female desire femininity footbinding gender expectations gender performance gender studies high status historical history imaginary geography male desire male power male privilege material culture studies medieval court men and women patriarchal oppression political regional rivalry self respect social history tianzu |
ISBN |
1-282-36043-4
9786612360435 0-520-94140-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES ON CONVENTIONS -- DYNASTIES AND PERIODS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. GIGANTIC HISTORIES OF THE NATION IN THE GLOBE -- 2. THE BODY INSIDE OUT -- 3. THE BOUND FOOT AS ANTIQUE -- 4. FROM ANCIENT TEXTS TO CURRENT CUSTOMS -- 5. THE EROTICS OF PLACE -- 6. CINDERELLA'S DREAMS -- EPILOGUE -- NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX |
Altri titoli varianti | Revisionist history of footbinding |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784617503321 |
Ko Dorothy <1957->
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Opting out? [[electronic resource] ] : why women really quit careers and head home / / Pamela Stone |
Autore | Stone Pamela |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.8743 |
Soggetto topico |
Stay-at-home mothers
Work and family Choice (Psychology) Life change events |
Soggetto non controllato |
american culture
american society bankers career caring for a family children cultural pressures cultural studies doctors family and career family matters family gender and labor gender equality gender expectations gender norms gender studies lawyers men and women motherhood mothers parenthood privatized family professional women pushed out of the workplace returning home scientists sociology staying home with kids time demanding jobs united states of america women and work |
ISBN |
1-282-36062-0
9786612360626 0-520-94179-9 1-4337-0834-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Dream Team -- 2. Family Matters -- 3. Home Alone -- 4. Gilded Cages -- 5. The Choice Gap -- 6. Half-Full, Half-Empty -- 7. Mothers Of Re-Invention -- 8. Cocooning: The Drift To Domesticity -- 9. Dreams And Visions: Getting There -- Appendix. Study Methodology -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784406303321 |
Stone Pamela
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Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2007 | ||
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