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- catalog abstract "Japanese and Westerners approach the world, their lives, their friendships, in such profoundly different ways that they often end up confusing and hurting each other. Many Westerners have come to Japan seeking cultural perfection, only to have their innocent visions shattered. Among the most famous was Lafcadio Hearn, who arrived at the turn of the century and the beginning of Japan's westernization. His presence, through his writings, serves as the author's alter ego. Five contemporary Americans and several surprising Japanese lead the reader deep within the workings of a homogenous society. There is the baseball player baffled that his team doesn't protest when an umpire calls a ball a strike; the businessman who attempts to move his stubborn Japanese boss into new markets; the woman who defies the alien fingerprinting law and dares a stunned legal system to through her into the workhouse; and the missionary couple who find that whatever religion their community professes outwardly, their only true belief lies in "Japanesism"--A club to which no foreigner can be admitted.".
- catalog contributor b2387915.
- catalog coverage "Japan Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "Japan Ethnic relations.".
- catalog created "c1989.".
- catalog date "1989".
- catalog date "c1989.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1989.".
- catalog description "Japanese and Westerners approach the world, their lives, their friendships, in such profoundly different ways that they often end up confusing and hurting each other. Many Westerners have come to Japan seeking cultural perfection, only to have their innocent visions shattered. Among the most famous was Lafcadio Hearn, who arrived at the turn of the century and the beginning of Japan's westernization. His presence, through his writings, serves as the author's alter ego. Five contemporary Americans and several surprising Japanese lead the reader deep within the workings of a homogenous society. There is the baseball player baffled that his team doesn't protest when an umpire calls a ball a strike; the businessman who attempts to move his stubborn Japanese boss into new markets; the woman who defies the alien fingerprinting law and dares a stunned legal system to through her into the workhouse; and the missionary couple who find that whatever religion their community professes outwardly, their only true belief lies in "Japanesism"--A club to which no foreigner can be admitted.".
- catalog description "Yokohama -- Matsue -- Kumamoto -- Kobe -- Tokyo.".
- catalog extent "vii, 245 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0805003959".
- catalog issued "1989".
- catalog issued "c1989.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : H. Holt,".
- catalog spatial "Japan Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "Japan Ethnic relations.".
- catalog spatial "Japan.".
- catalog subject "952.04 19".
- catalog subject "Americans Japan.".
- catalog subject "DS830 .S33 1989".
- catalog subject "Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904 Homes and haunts Japan.".
- catalog subject "Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, Japanese.".
- catalog subject "Shapiro, Michael, 1952- Journeys Japan.".
- catalog subject "Shapiro, Michael, 1952- Travel Japan.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Yokohama -- Matsue -- Kumamoto -- Kobe -- Tokyo.".
- catalog title "Japan : in the land of the brokenhearted / Michael Shapiro.".
- catalog type "text".