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100			_aBuruma, Ian.
245		2	_aJapanese mirror : heroes and villains of Japanese culture _bheroes and villains of Japanese culture
260			_aMiddlesex, Eng.
260			_bPenguin Books
260			_c1985
300			_a242 p.
520			_aIn this captivating and marvellously eloquent book, lan Buruma turns to the popular heroes of films, comics, theatre and television as the archetypes of the Japanese as they imagine themselves to be, and as they would like themselves to be'. Combining vivid examples with frank and perceptive analysis, he looks at the dual status of women as both goddesses and she-devils, at the significance of artificiality and transvestism, at the role of the samurai and the gangster, and at the modern father-figure as an object of ridicule. The result is a superb portrait of a fascinating society - and one which removes the enigma attached to Japanese life.
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