Publisher description for Bonds of civility : aesthetic networks and political origins of Japanese culture / Eiko Ikegami.
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Eiko Ikegami uncovers a complex history of social life in which aesthetic images are central to Japan's cultural identities. Combining sociological insights in organizations with prodigious scholarship on cultural history, this book explores such wide-ranging topics as networks of performing arts, tea ceremony and haiku, the politics of kimono aesthetics, the rise of commercial publishing, the popularization of etiquette and manners, the vogue for androgyny in kabuki performance, and the rise of tacit modes of communication.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Japan Civilization, Aesthetics, Japanese, Japan Social conditions, Social networks Japan