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Engaging the other : 'Japan' and its alter egos, 1550-1850
Title
Engaging the other : 'Japan' and its alter egos, 1550-1850 / by Ronald P. Toby.
ISBN
9789004390621
9004390626
9789004393516
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Physical Description
xxx, 393 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
"In Engaging the Other : 'Japan' and Its Alter Egos, 1550-1850, Ronald P. Toby examines new discourses of identity and difference in early modern Japan, a discourse catalyzed by the 'Iberian irruption, ' the appearance of Portuguese and other new, radical others in the sixteenth century. The encounter with peoples and countries unimagined in earlier discourse provoked an identity crisis, a paradigm shift from a view of the world as comprising only 'three countries' (sangoku), i.e., Japan, China and India, to a world of 'myriad countries' (bankoku) and peoples. In order to understand the new radical alterities, the Japanese were forced to establish new parameters of difference from familiar, proximate others, i.e., China, Korea and Ryukyu. Toby examines their articulation in literature, visual and performing arts, law, and customs"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Toby, Ronald P., 1942- Engaging the other. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 19, 2019
Series
Brill's Japanese studies library ; volume 65
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : between engagement and imagination
Interlude : a pair of parables
Mapping the margins : the ragged edges of state and nation
Imagining and imaging "anthropos"
Indianizing Iberia/performing Portugal : responses to the Iberian irruption
Parades of difference/parades of power
The birth of the hairy barbarian : ethnic slur as cultural marker
The mountain that needs no interpreter : Mt. Fuji and the foreign
Epilogue : antiphonals of identity.
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