Situated Meaning: Inside and Outside in Japanese Self, Society, and Language (Princeton Legacy Library, 5263) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0691069654 ISBN 13: 9780691069654

Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1994

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Reseña del editor:

Situated Meaning adds a new dimension, both literal and metaphoric, to our understanding of Japan. The essays in this volume leave the vertical axis of hierarchy and subordination--an organizing trope in much of the literature on Japan--and focus instead on the horizontal, interpreting a wide range of cultural practices and orientations in terms of such relational concepts as uchi ("inside") and soto ("outside"). Evolving from a shared theoretical focus, the essays show that in Japan the directional orientations inside and outside are specifically linked to another set of meanings, denoting "self" and "society."

After Donald L. Brenneis's foreword, Jane M. Bachnik, Charles J. Quinn, Jr., Patricia J. Wetzel, Nancy R. Rosenberger, and Robert J. Sukle discuss "Indexing Self and Social Context." "Failure to Index: Boundary Disintegration and Social Breakdown" is the topic of Dorinne K. Kondo, Matthews M. Hamabata, Michael S. Molasky, and Jane Bachnik. Finally, Charles Quinn explores "Language as a Form of Life."

Biografía del autor:

Jane M. Bachnik is is a research fellow with the Japan Foundation in Tokyo. Charles J. Quinn, Jr., is Visiting Professor at the Institute for Research in Japanese Culture at Tohuku University.

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• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0691069654
• ISBN 13: 9780691069654
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
• Herausgeber: Bachnik Jane M., Quinn Charles J.