Rice as self Japanese identities through time

Rice as self Japanese identities through time

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In this engaging account of the crucial significance of rice for the Japanese, Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney examines how people use the metaphor of a principal food, such as rice, corn, or wheat, in conceptualizing themselves in relation to other peoples who eat other foods. Rice as Self shows how the Japan...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press [1993]
Subjects:
National characteristics, Japanese.
Rice > Social aspects > Japan.
Japan > Civilization.