Evanescence and Form

This book explores the Japanese notion of hakanasa - the evanescence of all things. Responses to this idea have been various and even contradictory: asceticism, fatalism, conformism, hedonism, materialism, and careerism. This book examines the ties between an epistemology of constant change and Japan's formal emphasis on etiquette and visuality.

Publication Year: 2008
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: P
Weight (Gram): 426