Buruma's book on Japan

[Jonathan M. Hall]

Behind the Mask was also issued as Beyond the Mirror--different titles for
the US and UK markets.   Most major US public libraries carry a copy, as
well as university libraries.  The book was important in its semi-academic
approach to Japanese popular culture.  In retrospect, though, Buruma's
arguments run rough.  Too frequently, he assumes some kind of one-to-one
correspondence between the texts he analyzes and the subjects who consume
them.  In this regard especially, his analysis of sexuality and gender are
far from adequate.


At 17:10 19-5-0 -0400, . m e . wrote:
>thanks much [both of you!].
>  checked a few online bookstores
>[including bookpricer.com], but
>did not find a store that
>carried it.
>
>BEST,
>
>
>LOOPBYMATTHEW...
>