Scandal in Japan : Transgression, Performance and Ritual Hardback
by Igor (Ambis University Prague, Czech Republic) Prusa
Part of the Japan Anthropology Workshop Series series
Hardback
Description
This book is an exploration of media scandals in contemporary Japanese society.
In shedding new light on the study of scandal in Japan, the book offers a novel view of scandal as a specific mediatized ritual which follows moral disturbances throughout Japanese history.
Media and society are analyzed largely in terms of social performances, while the focus is on how Japanese transgressors talk and act when explaining their scandals to the public.
A detailed analysis of three case studies is provided: the drug scandal of the popular Japanese celebrity Sakai Noriko; the donation scandal centering the heavyweight politician Ozawa Ichiro; and the Olympus accounting fraud revealed by the British CEO Michael Woodford. This book will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese culture and society, anthropology, communication and media studies.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:120 pages, 16 Line drawings, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:11/08/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032472485
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:120 pages, 16 Line drawings, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:11/08/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032472485