Before Identity: The Question of Method in Japan Studies.by Calichman New**

Name: Before Identity: The Question of Method in Japan Studies.by Calichman New**
Brand: State University of New York Press

State University of New York Press

Before Identity\nby Richard F. Calichman\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Richard F. Calichman\nTitle: Before Identity\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literature: history and criticism\nPublisher: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9781438482149\nISBN-10: 1438482140\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nAims to introduce a greater degree of theoretical rigor to the discipline of Japan studies as a whole.\nBefore Identity represents the first attempt to provide a comprehensive examination of the methodological ground of Japan studies. At its most basic level, the field presupposes the immediate empirical existence of an entity known as the \""Japanese people\"" or \""Japanese culture,\"" from which it then carves out its various objects of inquiry. Richard F. Calichman at.