| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 229 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-224) and index. |
| Contents |
The power remainder -- Breadwinners -- The inheritor -- The paradox of masculine honor -- Cheating as a democratic practice -- The art of the gut -- Salad and cigarettes for breakfast, or how to find democracy by losing your sense of perspective. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Masculinity -- Political aspects -- Japan.
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Masculinity -- Political aspects. |
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Japan. |
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Masculinity. |
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Men -- Political activity -- Japan.
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Men -- Political activity. |
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Men. |
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Political culture -- Japan.
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Political culture. |
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Japan -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1989- |
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Since 1989 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Men. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: LeBlanc, Robin M., 1966- Art of the gut. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010 9780520259164 (DLC) 2009009148 (OCoLC)312445991 |
| ISBN |
9780520259164 (electronic book) |
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0520259165 (electronic book) |
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9780520945050 (electronic book) |
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0520945050 (electronic book) |
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9780520259171 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520259173 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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