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• Title:License to play : the ludic in Japanese culture / Michal Daliot-Bul.
  
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• Author/Creator:Daliot-Bul, Michal, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Project Muse 2015 Complete Collection.
  
• Published/Created:Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2014.
  

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  • Call Number: GV125
    
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  • Status:No information available 

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Play--Japan--History.
  Leisure--Japan--History.
  Japan--Social life and customs.
  
• Description:1 online resource.
  
• Summary:"Play is one of the most powerful cultural forces in contemporary Japan and in other late modern societies. In this notable contribution to our understanding of play, Michal Daliot-Bul explores the intricate and dynamic transformations of culture and play (asobi) in Japan. Along the way, she takes readers on a theoretically informed journey to better comprehend what makes play a significant cultural function, asking such questions as "How can we explain the dialectics between play as a biological instinct and play as a culturally specific activity? What defines the best player? How is creativity related to play? What is the difference between play and playfulness? Are some cultures more play-oriented than others, and if so, why?" Daliot-Bul argues that the cultural meaning of play and its influence on sociocultural life are not inherent properties of a fixed, universal behavior called play but rather are conditioned by changing cultural contexts and competing social ideologies. Spanning Japan's premodern period to the twenty-first century, the extent and expressions of play described in this book become thought-provoking lenses through which to view Japanese social dynamics and cultural complexities. As she approaches the post-industrialized 1970s in Japan, Daliot-Bul's narrative also explores urban consumer culture as a system for organizing daily life, the tension between institutional and contemporary popular cultures, the production of new gender identities, and the cultural construction of urban space." -- Publisher's description.
  
• Reproduction note:Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  Description based on print version record.
  
• ISBN:0824847881 (electronic bk.)
  9780824847883 (electronic bk.)
  9780824839406 (cloth : alk. paper)
  0824839404 (cloth : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:The linguistic concept of "play" in Japanese
  Play as a formative element of culture
  The otherness of play
  The rules of the game, or, how to become the best player
  Creativity in play
  Contested meanings of play.