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Offering a snapshot of Japanese society, this title examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior from the early modern period to the present day and discovers how manners do in fact make the nation.

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"With Manners and Mischief, as with their previous work, Bardsley and Miller demonstrate what commitment to serious fun can look like." -- Christine R. Yano Monumenta Nipponica "Manners and Mischief disdains frivolity and stands firm as an academic text for students serious about extending their anthropological knowledge of Japan." -- Kris Kosaka Japan Times

Manners and Mischief

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    A Paperback / softback by Jan Bardsley, Laura Miller

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 21 April 2011
      ISBN-13 9780520267848
      978-0520267848
      ISBN-10 0520267842
      Also in:
      Cultural studies Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offering a snapshot of Japanese society, this title examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior from the early modern period to the present day and discovers how manners do in fact make the nation.

      Trade Review
      "With Manners and Mischief, as with their previous work, Bardsley and Miller demonstrate what commitment to serious fun can look like." -- Christine R. Yano Monumenta Nipponica "Manners and Mischief disdains frivolity and stands firm as an academic text for students serious about extending their anthropological knowledge of Japan." -- Kris Kosaka Japan Times

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