- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Berg Publishers (1 Sep 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1845205162
- ISBN-13: 978-1845205164
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 19 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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'This impressive study of the modern Japanese home takes the reader into the domestic worlds of middle-class men and women, showing how aesthetic practices are shaped by national ideologies regarding gender and the family, as well as by a sense of the past encountering the transformative energies of modernization.' David Morgan, Duke University Should be widely read and loudly applauded Design and Culture This is an absolutely fascinating book - well written, superbly researched inside Japanese homes and written with passion. Without a doubt the best book I have read on modern Japan. Brighton & Hove Anglo Japanese Network There are many more conclusions to be drawn from the rich materials presented and I recommend this book to everyone with an interest in Japan, material culture, architecture, and visual methods. Furthermore, it is a prime example of what ethnography can achieve (and living quality surveys etc. cannot). Home Cultures
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In the West the Japanese house has reached iconic status in its architecture, decoration and style. Is this neat, carefully constructed version of Japanese life in fact a myth? Inge Daniels goes behind the doors of real Japanese homes to find out how highly private domestic lives are lived in Japan. The book examines every aspect of the home and daily life-from decoration, display, furniture and the tatami mat, to eating, sleeping, gift-giving, recycling and worship. For students and researchers in anthropology and architecture, The Japanese House re-evaluates contemporary Japanese life through an ethnographic lens, examining key topics of consumption, domesticity and the family. Highly illustrated throughout, the book will appeal to all those who are interested in Japanese culture, and in how and why people live the way they do in modern Japan.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Inge Daniels has produced the BEST BOOK ON CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE HOUSE published to date. It is not only expertly researched, but also written in a very accessible prose. The book is perfect for undergraduate teaching and is already being used at several courses in our department. As a Japan specialist I would recommend this book without reservation as a compulsory reading for everyone interested in Japan. Although the book focuses on the home, it tackles many other issues that stand central in contemporary Japanese society, such as religious practices and gift giving.
As Daniels clearly states on page 24, illustrations in her book are not accompanied by captions with a conscious aim of embracing `polysemic nature of visual representations instead of pinning their meanings down with text'. Illustrations in this book tell the story of their own and not merely illustrate the words. And they are all in colour!
All in all, I am convinced that this is one of those books that will withstand the test of time and will be widely used in teaching for decades.
As Daniels clearly states on page 24, illustrations in her book are not accompanied by captions with a conscious aim of embracing `polysemic nature of visual representations instead of pinning their meanings down with text'. Illustrations in this book tell the story of their own and not merely illustrate the words. And they are all in colour!
All in all, I am convinced that this is one of those books that will withstand the test of time and will be widely used in teaching for decades.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I utterly enjoyed reading this book!.
As a Designer with a particular interest in all things Japanese, it was a delighted ( and enlightened!)
to understand that there are dimensions to Japanese aesthetics and practices that very few authors have illuminated.
Perhaps very few have not had the facility and the in-depth research methods required to delve far deeper than the well know and stereotypic surface know to the West.
A far more inspirational book, and breath of genuine fresh air from the usual glossy minimalist interior coffee table variety, that we have grown all too accustomed. ( and perhaps tired of!)
This is also a beautifully designed book, where clearly the author and photographer aim to deliver a book which stimulates both hearts and minds.
A rare achievement in that this is written by an academic that strives to communicate more than words can say about this fascinating realm. ( through the inclusion of many sublime photographs)
Equally, a very beautiful photographic essay which reaches far beyond the visual, and takes us on a rich and complex journey exposing the multi-faceted surfaces of domestic Japan.
WARNING:
This book is not for those who are looking for an exoticised Japan explained( you know who you are!) , but for those of you who are genuinely seeking to step through Japan's closed doors and know far more, then I highly recommend this book.
As a Designer with a particular interest in all things Japanese, it was a delighted ( and enlightened!)
to understand that there are dimensions to Japanese aesthetics and practices that very few authors have illuminated.
Perhaps very few have not had the facility and the in-depth research methods required to delve far deeper than the well know and stereotypic surface know to the West.
A far more inspirational book, and breath of genuine fresh air from the usual glossy minimalist interior coffee table variety, that we have grown all too accustomed. ( and perhaps tired of!)
This is also a beautifully designed book, where clearly the author and photographer aim to deliver a book which stimulates both hearts and minds.
A rare achievement in that this is written by an academic that strives to communicate more than words can say about this fascinating realm. ( through the inclusion of many sublime photographs)
Equally, a very beautiful photographic essay which reaches far beyond the visual, and takes us on a rich and complex journey exposing the multi-faceted surfaces of domestic Japan.
WARNING:
This book is not for those who are looking for an exoticised Japan explained( you know who you are!) , but for those of you who are genuinely seeking to step through Japan's closed doors and know far more, then I highly recommend this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As an Architect who has lived and travelled to Japan for 3 decades, I was thrilled to read a book of breadth and depth that both illuminates the complexities of Japanese social practices within the domestic sphere without the all too familiar reversion to exoticism that western authors have been touting for generations.
This is a masterful book written by someone with true and unique insight into a culture which has for far too long been stereotyped beyond legitimate recognition.
This book should be a must-read for architecture and anthropology students who are hungry for the rare knowledge that one would only find through the ethnographic research and observations that Dr Daniels has skilfully managed to illustrate, and is a genuine treat for those who want to know profoundly more about Japanese culture, and seeks to reach far beyond the ubiquitously familiar minimalist "Japanese house."
A gem!
This is a masterful book written by someone with true and unique insight into a culture which has for far too long been stereotyped beyond legitimate recognition.
This book should be a must-read for architecture and anthropology students who are hungry for the rare knowledge that one would only find through the ethnographic research and observations that Dr Daniels has skilfully managed to illustrate, and is a genuine treat for those who want to know profoundly more about Japanese culture, and seeks to reach far beyond the ubiquitously familiar minimalist "Japanese house."
A gem!
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Clear Ethnography on Japanese Houses
This book goes into great details about contemporary houses. Japan-lovers beware, though: the book is very clear in stating that it does not describe the wabi-sabi elegant tea... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Ced_Gwynedd
This book is the future of academic writing!
"The Japanese House" is a legitimately compelling and multilayered expose of Japanese culture, which, in memory, i have never known another author to illuminate. Read more
Published 16 months ago by JP Johnson
Such a disappointment
This book by Inge Daniels, University Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Oxford University, should have been a pure pleasure to read. Read more
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