| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 393 pages) : color illustrations, color maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Brill's Japanese studies library ; volume 65
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Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 65.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : between engagement and imagination -- Interlude : a pair of parables -- Mapping the margins : the ragged edges of state and nation -- Imagining and imaging "anthropos" -- Indianizing Iberia/performing Portugal : responses to the Iberian irruption -- Parades of difference/parades of power -- The birth of the hairy barbarian : ethnic slur as cultural marker -- The mountain that needs no interpreter : Mt. Fuji and the foreign -- Epilogue : antiphonals of identity. |
| Summary |
"In Engaging the Other : 'Japan and Its Alter Egos', 1550-1850, Ronald P. Toby examines new discourses of identity and difference in early modern Japan, a discourse catalyzed by the 'Iberian irruption,' the appearance of Portuguese and other new, radical others in the sixteenth century. The encounter with peoples and countries unimagined in earlier discourse provoked an identity crisis, a paradigm shift from a view of the world as comprising only 'three countries' (sangoku), i.e., Japan, China and India, to a world of 'myriad countries' (bankoku) and peoples. In order to understand the new radical alterities, the Japanese were forced to establish new parameters of difference from familiar, proximate others, i.e., China, Korea and Ryukyu. Toby examines their articulation in literature, visual and performing arts, law, and customs"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Japan -- Ethnic relations -- History.
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Japan. |
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Ethnic relations. |
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History. |
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Noncitizens -- Japan -- History.
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Noncitizens. |
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National characteristics, Japanese -- History.
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National characteristics, Japanese. |
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Other (Philosophy) -- Social aspects -- Japan -- History.
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Other (Philosophy) |
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Social aspects. |
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Japan -- Foreign relations -- 1600-1868.
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1868 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Toby, Ronald P., 1942- author. Engaging the other Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] 9789004390621 (DLC) 2018057774 |
| ISBN |
9789004393516 electronic book |
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900439351X electronic book |
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9789004390621 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
16007889 |
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