Art of the Gut - Manhood, Power, and Ethics in Japanese Politics

Zusatztext "Effective. . . . LeBlanc writes in a passionate yet nuanced style." Informationen zum Autor Robin M. Le Blanc is Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University and is the author of Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife (UC Press). Klappentext "A beautifully written book! The Art of the Gut reads as easily as a fast-paced novel. Searching beyond the formal structures! regulations! and demographic counts associated with elections to consider the potential for one man to make a difference takes LeBlanc into an investigation of codes of masculinity in contemporary Japan as she studies how these men both employ and defy these codes in their political lives."-Jan Bardsley! Associate Professor! Japanese Humanities! The University of North Carolina! Chapel Hill Zusammenfassung Addresses masculine gender expectations in a male-dominated political world, the connection between gendered identity and ethical being. This book follows the lives of two very different Japanese men entering political life in two very different communities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Note on Names Preface Introduction: The Power Remainder 1. Breadwinners 2. The Inheritor 3. The Paradox of Masculine Honor 4. Cheating as a Democratic Practice 5. The Art of the Gut Conclusion: Salad and Cigarettes for Breakfast! or How to Find Democracy by Losing One's Sense of Perspective Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Robin M. Le Blanc, Le Blanc Robin M., Robin M Leblanc, Robin M. LeBlanc
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2009
• EAN: 9780520259171
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25917-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Japan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Politics & government, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men