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  1. The strong and the weak in Japanese literature
    discrimination, egalitarianism, nationalism
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon

    Uses texts from classical and modern Japanese literature to examine concepts of 'respect for the strong', as a notion of an evolutionary society, and 'sympathy for the weak', and as a notion of a non-violent and changeless egalitarian society more

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    Uses texts from classical and modern Japanese literature to examine concepts of 'respect for the strong', as a notion of an evolutionary society, and 'sympathy for the weak', and as a notion of a non-violent and changeless egalitarian society

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0415573866; 0203851595; 9780415573863; 9780203851593
    Series: Routledge advances in Asia-Pacific studies ; 11
    Subjects: National characteristics, Japanese, in literature; Literature and society; Japanese literature; Power (Social sciences) in literature; National characteristics, Japanese, in literature; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (x, 195 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The strong and the weak in Japanese religious, philosophical and political writings; 3 Ugly ladies in The Tale of Genji; 4 Women, humble men and insulted people in The Tale of the Heike; 5 Sacrifice and revenge, love and war, and a world without violence in The Eight Dog Chronicles; 6 Dancing girl, geisha, mistress and wife in Kawabata Yasunari's stories: The Dancing Girl of Izu, Snow Country, Thousand Cranes and The Sound of the Mountain; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index