The Monkey as Mirror Symbolic Transformations in Japanese History and Ritual /

This tripartite study of the monkey metaphor, the monkey performance, and the 'special status' people traces changes in Japanese culture from the eighth century to the present. During early periods of Japanese history the monkey's nearness to the human-animal boundary made it a revere...

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Main Author: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Guildford : Princeton University Press, 1989, 1987.
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