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Life in the Uchi Lane |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / REVIEWS |
| Author: Joan Mooney |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 7/1/1992 |
| Size: 2,290 Words, 13,281 Characters |
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LEARNING TO BOW
An American Teacher in a Japanese School
Bruce S. Feiler
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1992
321 pp., $19.95
It seems to have become a preoccupation for Westerners to try to penetrate the world of the Japanese--and not just by breaking down the trade barriers. Maybe it's the age-old fascination of the Far East, or the realization that in an increasingly global economy, we had better try to understand our neighbors--or just the challenge of trying to comprehend a culture so different from our own.
Anybody with a little interest in the subject knows the basic "discoveries" of Westerners about Japan from reading books like John David Morley's Pictures from the Water Trade, Lesley Downer's On the Narrow Road, and Leila Phillips' The Road Through Miyama. We le...
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...symbols from a fabled past remain alive in the collective imagination of modern Japan."
But such statements, suitable for a fourth-grade geography textbook, are few and far between. Through the book, Feiler skillfully presents his own experiences in the larger context of Japanese society. Learning to Bow is that rare commodity, a book that is delightful to read as well as provocative.
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