Molding Japanese minds
Subtitle: the state in everyday life
By: Sheldon Garon.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Social control -- Japan -- History; Japan -- Social policy; Japan -- Social conditions -- 1868-
Description: To an extent inconceivable to most Westerners, state directives trickle into homes, religious groups, and even into individuals' sex lives, where they are frequently welcomed by the Japanese and reinforced by their neighbors. In a series of five compelling case studies, Garon demonstrates how average citizens have cooperated with government officials in the areas of welfare, prostitution, and household savings, and in controlling religious "cults" and promoting the political participation of women.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-296) and index.