Holy foolery in the life of Japan : a historical overview /
"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 sug...
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| Language: | English Japanese |
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Tokyo :
International House of Japan,
2015.
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| Edition: | First English edition. |
| Series: | LTCB international library selection ;
no. 37. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
