Behind The Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters And Other Japanese Cultural Heroes. BURUMA, IAN.
73468X1 A Meridian Book. Fifth Printing. Penguin Books, New York: 1985. 242 pages. Softcover. Reading copy. After reading this book, you will never look at Japan and the Japanese in quite the same way again. For you will see Japan as mor than a land of Toyotas, transistors, tea ceremoniew and flower arranging. You will understand it also as a land of people with dreams and fantasies, and a morality and an immorality all their own. Behind The Mask is an exploration of that Japan - as expressed in its pornographic movies and comic books, massage parlors and strip joints; popular TV shows and entertainment idols, and other manifestations of Japanese attitudes and acgtivities in the realm of the psyche and the senses. "A fascinating exploration . . . of Japanese cultue: the fantasy life of the Japanese." - The Washington Post Book World ISBN: 0452010543 $34.75USD Click here to order or message the dealer
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