Publisher:
Tokyo : International House of Japan
ISBN:
9784924971400
,
4924971405
Language:
English
Pages:
xxiii, 219 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Edition:
First English edition
Series Statement:
LTCB international library selection No. 37
Series Statement:
LTCB international library selection
Parallel Title:
Parallele Sprachausgabe Higuchi, Kazunori Warai no Nihon bunka: "oko no mono" wa doko e kieta no ka?
Parallel Title:
Parallele Sprachausgabe 樋口和憲 笑いの日本文化: 「烏滸の者」はどこへ消えたのか?
DDC:
306.0952
Keywords:
Laughter History
;
Laughter in literature
;
Japan Civilization
;
Japan
;
Lachen
;
Geschichte Anfänge-2011
;
Japanisch
;
Literatur
;
Lachen
;
Japan
;
Shintō
;
Lachen
;
Opfer
Abstract:
"On the following pages, we will retrace the origins and evolution of holy foolery in Japan. We will witness its near extinguishment through the process of modernization and globalization. We will see why Japan needs holy foolery more than ever. And we will identify contemporary traces that suggest a basis for optimism about laughter's possible resurgence." from inside jacket cover
Abstract:
The Origins of Laughter -- The Gods, Laughter, and the Japanese -- Divine Mysteries -- Laughter amid the Evolution of Communities -- Urbanization and Modernization -- Globalization -- Eminent Interpreters of Foolery -- Natural Disasters and Transcendent Laughter
Note:
At head of title: LTCB International Library Trust/International House of Japan
,
Includes index
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