Losing Face: Status Politics in Japan

by Susan J. Pharr

How does a "homogeneous" society like Japan treat the problem of social inequality? Losing Face looks beyond conventional structural categories (race, class, ethnicity) to focus on conflicts based on differences in social status. Three rich and revealing case studies explore crucial asymmetries of age, sex, and former caste.

Genres: Japan

284 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 1990

Reviews

[Alice Jennings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great historian, easy to read, and good combination of general facts and original opinion
However her evidence isn't fantastic to back up her opinions she deems to always be 'facts'