RT Book
T1 Scandal in Japan: transgression, performance and ritual
T2 Japan anthropology workshop series
A1 Prusa, Igor
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1851741488
AB "This book is an exploration of media scandals in contemporary Japanese society. Shedding new light on the study of scandal in Japan, the book offers a novel view of scandal as a specific social ritual which follows moral disturbances in Japanese society. Society and culture are analyzed largely in terms of social performances, while the focus is on how Japanese transgressors talk and act when explaining their scandals to the public. A detailed analysis of three case studies is provided: the drug scandal of the popular Japanese celebrity Sakai Noriko from 2009, the political donation scandal from 2009 centering the heavyweight politician Ozawa Ichiro, and the Olympus accounting fraud revealed by the British CEO Michael Woodford in 2011. This book will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese culture and society, anthropology, communication and media studies"--
OP 119
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HN730.Z9
SN 978-1-032-47248-5
SN 978-1-032-47249-2
K1 Scandals : Japan
K1 Social Values : Japan
K1 Japan : Moral conditions