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9780700714759

The Zen Arts: An Anthropological Study of the Culture of Aesthetic Form in Japan

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  • ISBN13:

    9780700714759

  • ISBN10:

    0700714758

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-01-07
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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Summary

Combines anthropological descriptions with historical criticism, situates the Zen arts firmly within contemporary critical discourses about cultural representations, and suggests that the Zen arts are best understood in terms of a dynamic relationship between an aesthetic discourse on art and culture, and the social and embodied experiences of those who participate in them.

Author Biography

Rupert A. Cox is a member of the Department of Anthropology and the Europe Japan Research Centre, Oxford Brookes University.

Table of Contents

List of Plates
viii
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction -- Japan, the Zen Arts and Myself 1(13)
Orientalism -- An Idea and an Ideal of Japan
14(34)
A World Apart -- Ascetic Reclusion and Aesthetic Enchantment in the History of the Zen Arts
48(22)
The Word and the Body in Practice -- Aesthetics as Form and as Experience
70(33)
Mimesis and Visuality -- The Imitation and Imagination of Aesthetic Value
103(36)
Structuring Relations - The Power of Person and Place
139(32)
Distinguishing Persons - The Code of and for Becoming a Practitioner
171(25)
Culture as Aesthetic Value - Ideological Dispositions and Commercial Affiliations in the Zen Arts
196(35)
Cracking Culture -- Authenticity is a Cultural Choice
231(15)
Notes 246(7)
Bibliography 253(19)
Index 272

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