ISBN:
0520202090
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 425 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Series Statement:
A Philip E. Lilienthal book
DDC:
306/.0952
Keywords:
Geschichte 1600-1850
;
Classes sociales - Japon - Histoire
;
Dorpen
;
Processen (rechtspraak)
;
Structure sociale - Japon - Histoire
;
Tokoegawa-periode
;
Villages - Droit - Japon - Législation
;
Villages - Japon - Histoire
;
Geschichte
;
Politik
;
Recht
;
Social classes History
;
Villages Law and legislation
;
History
;
Villages History
;
Politik
;
Recht
;
Soziale Situation
;
Dorf
;
Soziale Klasse
;
Japon - Conditions sociales - 1600-1868
;
Japon - Politique et gouvernement - 1600-1868
;
Japan Politics and government 1600-1868
;
Japan Social conditions 1600-1868
;
Japan
;
Japan
;
Dorf
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte 1600-1850
;
Japan
;
Soziale Klasse
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 1600-1850
;
Japan
;
Soziale Klasse
;
Recht
;
Geschichte 1600-1850
Abstract:
In contrast to Japanese citizens today, villagers in the Tokugawa period (seventeenth through mid-nineteenth centuries) frequently resorted to lawsuits to settle conflicts, leaving a vast but hitherto untapped record of power struggles between villagers and the network of administrators above them. Through colorfully narrated and skillfully analyzed case studies of their lawsuits and petitions, Herman Ooms traces the evolution of class and status conflicts in villages during this feudal era. Inspired by the work of Max Weber and Pierre Bourdieu, the author links detailed village analysis to a broader discussion of societal power fields and juridical domains
Abstract:
Opening with an angry woman's lifelong struggle against village authority, Ooms's study examines how obscure historical actors, local elites, commoners, women, and outcastes manipulated the distinctions of class and status to their own advantage. The case studies offer a penetrating view of legal practice, including the position of women, inheritance customs, and particular forms of village justice. In a significant contribution to the legal history of outcaste populations, Ooms also studies the origins of discrimination against the ancestors of the burakumin population, a group that even now is struggling for equality in Japanese society
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a0r9-aa
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