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Author:   Christoph Brumann (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany) ,  Rupert A. Cox (University of Manchester, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780415413145

ISBN 10:   0415413141
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   29 September 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Performing Japaneseness through Heritage 1. Making ‘Japanese’ Tea 2. Before Making Heritage: Internationalisation of Geisha in the Meiji Period 3. Making Art in the Japanese Way: Nihonga as Process and Symbolic Action Part 2: Institutionalising Japanese Heritage 4. Architecture, Folklore Studies, and Cultural Democracy: Nagakura Saburô and Hida Minzoku-mura 5. Nô Masks on Stage and in Museums: Approaches to the Contextualisation and Conservation of the Pitt Rivers Museum Nô Mask Collection 6. Company Culture or Patinated Past? The Display of Corporate Heritage in Sumitomo Part 3: Japanese Local Heritage and the Wider World 7. A Heady Heritage: The Shifting Biography of Kashira (Puppet Heads) as Cultural Heritage Objects in the Awaji Tradition 8. The Case of the Sash: A Search for Context in Okinawa 9. Houses in Motion: The Revitalization of Kyoto’s Architectural Heritage 10. Automated Alterities: Movement and Identity in the History of the Japanese Kobi Ningyô Part 4: Perpetuating Japanese Heritage 11. Maintaining a Zen Tradition in Japan: The Concrete Problem of Priest Succession 12. Debating the Past to Determine the Future in Shinkyo, a Japanese Commune

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University of Koln, Germany University of Manchester, UK

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