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The art of the gut : manhood, power, and ethics in Japanese politics / Robin M. LeBlanc.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, (c)2010.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520945050
  • 9781282360013
  • 9786612360015
  • 6612360011
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HQ1090 .A786 2010
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Subject: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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