Wrapping Culture

Joy (Professor of Social Anthropology, Professor of Social Anthropology, Oxford Brookes University) Hendry

Oxford University Press, 1995

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This book uses the metaphor of wrapping as a key to understanding Japanese and other cultures. Joy Hendry, internationally known as an expert on Japanese society, examines gift-wrapping, body-wrapping, wrapping in buildings and gardens, and politeness as wrapping for thoughts and intentions.

ISBN-13
9780198280286
ISBN-10
0198280289
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1995
Publication date
1995-04-13
Pages
216
Dimensions
233x157x14
Weight
382