LIBROS DEL AUTOR: emiko ohnuki tierney

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  • Representations of 'Japanese Nature'
    Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
    'Nature' as a concept and word is extremely elusive, yet it is commonly taken for granted that 'the pristine nature' is 'out there.' This book explores the factors that have naturalized the idea of nature as 'pristine' into our psyche, and as something that has a spatial, visual, and temporal dimension for 'seasons'. Much emphasis is given to the inhabitants demonstrating the d...
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    40,38 €

  • Illness and Healing Among the Sakhalin Ainu
    Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
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    54,14 €

  • Rice as Self
    Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
    Are we what we eat? What does food reveal about how we live and how we think of ourselves in relation to others? Why do people have a strong attachment to their own cuisine and an aversion to the foodways of others? In this engaging account of the crucial significance rice has for the Japanese, Rice as Self examines how people use the metaphor of a principal food in conceptuali...
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    57,34 €

  • The Monkey as Mirror
    Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
    This tripartite study of the monkey metaphor, the monkey performance, and the ’special status’ people traces changes in Japanese culture from the eighth century to the present. During early periods of Japanese history the monkey’s nearness to the human-animal boundary made it a revered mediator or an animal deity closest to humans. Later it became a scapegoat mocked for its vai...
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    72,20 €

  • Illness and Culture in Contemporary Japan
    Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney / Ohnuki-Tierney Emiko
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    38,17 €