Behind the Mask : On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes

Buruma, Ian

ISBN 10: 0452007380 / ISBN 13: 9780452007383

Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 1985

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Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Behind the Mask : On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0452007380
• ISBN 13: 9780452007383
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 0.5 pounds

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Synopsis

ON SEXUAL DEMONS, SACRED MOTHERS, TRANSVESTITES, GANGSTERS, AND OTHER JAPANESE CULTURAL HEROES From the back After reading this book, you will never look at Japan and the Japanese in quite the same way again. For you will see Japan as more than a land of Toyotas, transistors, tea ceremonies, and flower arranging. You will understand it also as a land of people with dreams and fantasies, and a morality and an immorality all their own. BEHIND THE MASK is an exploration of that Japan -- as expressed in its pornographic movies and comic books, massage parlors and strip joints, popular TV shows and entertainment idols, and other manifestations of Japanese attitudes and activities in the realm of the psyche and the senses.

About the Author

Ian Buruma is currently Luce Professor at Bard College. His previous books include God's Dust, Behind the Mask, The Missionary & The Libertine, Playing the Game, The Wages of Guilt, Anglomania, and Bad Elements. He writes frequently for The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and the Financial Times.