| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 124 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Asia shorts ; number 13 |
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Asia shorts ; no. 13.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Animals in Pre-Meiji Theory and Practice -- Reconciling Religion and Human Need -- Caring for Livestock: Buddhist and Dutch Veterinary Texts -- Moral and Amoral Pet Care in the Edo Period -- Animal Welfare in Modernizing Japan (1850s-1930s): Continuity over Change -- Animal Care and the Fixity of Moral Memory |
| Summary |
"This volume provides an historical overview of Japan's relationship with animals from ancient times to the 1950s. Its analysis serves as a lens through which to scrutinize Japanese tradition and interrogate ahistorical claims about Japan's culturally endemic empathy for the natural world. Departing from existing scholarship on the subject, the book also connects Japan's much-maligned record of animal exploitation with its strong adherence to contextual, needs-based moral memory"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 12, 2022) |
| Subject |
Japanese -- Ethnozoology
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Human-animal relationships -- Japan -- History
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Human-animal relationships
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2022008045 |
| ISBN |
9781952636288 |
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1952636280 |
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