Book

The Japanese mind: understanding contemporary Japanese culture

by  Roger Davies / Osamu Ikeno

Table Of Contents

  • Aimai: ambiguity and the Japanese
  • Amae: the concept of Japanese dependence
  • Amakudar : descent from heaven
  • Bigaku: the Japanese sense of beauty
  • Bushido?: the way of the warrior
  • Chinmoku: silence in Japanese communication
  • Danjyo kankei male and female relationships in Japan
  • The Do? spirit of Japan
  • Gambari: Japanese patience and determination
  • Giri: Japanese social obligations
  • Haragei: an implicit way of communicating in Japan
  • Hedataru to Najimu: Japanese personal space
  • Honne to Tatemae: private vs. public stance in Japan
  • The Japanese ie system
  • Iitoko-dori: adopting elements of foreign culture
  • Ikuji: childrearing practices in Japan
  • Kenkyo: the Japanese virtue of modesty
  • Kisetsu: the Japanese sense of the seasons
  • Nemawashi: laying the groundwork in Japan
  • Omia : arranged marriage in Japan
  • Otogibanashi: folktales of Japan
  • Ryo?saikenbo, "good wives and wise mothers": the social expectations of women in Japan
  • Sempai-ko?hai: seniority rules in Japanese relations
  • Shu?dan ishiki: Japanese group consciousness
  • So?shiki: Japanese funerals
  • Uchi to Soto: dual meanings in Japanese human relations
  • Wabi-Sabi: simplicity and elegance as Japanese ideals of beauty
  • Zo?to?: the Japanese custom of gift giving

Subject

Civilization / National characteristics, Japanese / Japan

Details

Published Boston : Tuttle Pub., 2002
Language English
Material vii, 270 p. ;
ISBN 0804832951
Location
DS 830 .J3 J357 2002 C.1
TCDC Bangkok - General Collection
DS 830 .J3 J357 2002 C.2
TCDC Chiang Mai - General Collection

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