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" License to play : "
Michal Daliot-Bul.
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847502
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Daliot-Bul, Michal
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License to play : : the ludic in Japanese culture /\ Michal Daliot-Bul.
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Honolulu :: University of Hawaiʻi Press,, 2014.
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1 online resource (xxxiv, 186 pages) :: black and white illustrations
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0824847881
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: 0824868994
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0824839404
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9780824839406
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The linguistic concept of "play" in Japanese -- Play as a formative element of culture -- The otherness of play -- The rules of the game, or, how to become the best player -- Creativity in play -- Contested meanings of play.
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"Play is one of the most powerful cultural forces in contemporary Japan and in other late modern societies. In this notable contribution to our understanding of play, Michal Daliot-Bul explores the intricate and dynamic transformations of culture and play (asobi) in Japan. Along the way, she takes readers on a theoretically informed journey to better comprehend what makes play a significant cultural function, asking such questions as "How can we explain the dialectics between play as a biological instinct and play as a culturally specific activity? What defines the best player? How is creativity related to play? What is the difference between play and playfulness? Are some cultures more play-oriented than others, and if so, why?" Daliot-Bul argues that the cultural meaning of play and its influence on sociocultural life are not inherent properties of a fixed, universal behavior called play but rather are conditioned by changing cultural contexts and competing social ideologies. Spanning Japan's premodern period to the twenty-first century, the extent and expressions of play described in this book become thought-provoking lenses through which to view Japanese social dynamics and cultural complexities. As she approaches the post-industrialized 1970s in Japan, Daliot-Bul's narrative also explores urban consumer culture as a system for organizing daily life, the tension between institutional and contemporary popular cultures, the production of new gender identities, and the cultural construction of urban space."--Publisher's description.
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Leisure-- Japan-- History.
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Play-- Japan-- History.
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Fritid-- historia.
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Gesellschaftsleben
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Leisure.
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Lek-- historia.
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Manners and customs.
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Play.
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Samhällsliv.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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Traditioner.
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Unterhaltung
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Japan, Social life and customs.
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Japan
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Japan.
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306.4/810952
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GV125.D35 2014
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