Description: Situated Meaning : Inside and Outside in Japanese Self, Society, and Language, Hardcover by Bachnik, Jane M. (EDT); Quinn, Charles J. (EDT), ISBN 0691656207, ISBN-13 9780691656205, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK
Situated Meaning adds a new dimension, both literal and metaphoric, to our understanding of Japan. The essays in this volume leave the vertical axis of hierarchy and subordination—an organizing trope in much of the literature on Japan—and focus instead on the horizontal, interpreting a wide range of cultural practices and orientations in terms of such relational concepts as uchi ("inside") and soto ("outside"). Evolving from a shared theoretical focus, the essays show that in Japan the directional orientations inside and outside are specifically linked to another set of meanings, denoting "self" and "society."
After Donald L. Brenneiss foreward, Jane M. Bachnick, Charles J. Quinn, Jr., Patricia J. Wetzel, Nancy R. Rosenberger, and Robert J. Sukle discuss "Indexing Self and Social Context." "Failure to Index: Boundary Disintegration and Social Breakdown" is the topic of Dorinne K. Kondo, Matthews M. Hamabata, Michael S. Molasky, and Jane Bachnik. Finally, Charles Quinn explores "Language as a Form of Life."
Jane M. Bachnik is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is presently pursuing research in Japan under a Senior Fellowship Grant from the Japan Foundation. Charles J. Quinn, Jr., is Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures at the Ohio State University.
Originally published in 1994.
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Book Title: Situated Meaning : Inside and Outside in Japanese Self, Society,
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Name: Situated Meaning: inside and Outside in Japanese Self, Society, and Language
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Item Height: 254 mm
Subject: Anthropology
Publication Year: 2019
Type: Textbook
Author: Jane M. Bachnik, Charles J. Quinn
Item Width: 203 mm
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Format: Hardcover
