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Situated Meaning in the Empire of the Indexes
Situated Meaning in the Empire of the IndexesOriginally uploaded by timtak I have been claiming that while the Westerners tend to be very "logocentric" or linguistic, Japanese are more inclined to concentrate on visual information, especially when it involves themselves. Hence Westerners care about linguistic self-expression, and carry around with them an "Other" or "Superaddressee" that [...]
Continue reading...Savage Thought and Myth in the Structure of Japanese
16. August 2010
Denotation and Connotation in the Structure of JapaneseOriginally uploaded by timtak This post layers Suzuki Takao’s layered theory of Japanese, onto Roland Barthes theory of "myth" and Levi-Straus’s theorey of "the savage mind." Levi Strauss argued that "savages" are "bricoleurs" (people that use the tools and materials to hand to get a job done), in that they [...]
Continue reading...Denotation and Connotation in the Structure of Japanese
16. August 2010
Denotation and Connotation in the Structure of JapaneseOriginally uploaded by timtak This post layers Suzuki Takao’s layered theory of Japanese, onto Roland Barthes theory of "myth" and Levi-Straus’s theorey of "the savage mind." Levi Strauss argued that "savages" are "bricoleurs" (people that use the tools and materials to hand to get a job done), in that they [...]
Continue reading...Channels of Communication in the US and Japan
21. July 2010
Channels of Communication in the US and JapanOriginally uploaded by timtak Red is language, blue is gesture. The upper arrow represents Western language and gesture, with the upper part, language dominant, and the gesture supporting, emphasising and clarifying the linguistic meaning to convey the same message. Kendon (Gesture: Visual Action as Utterance) seems to espouse the view [...]
Continue reading...The Cultural Psychology Japanese Hachimaki Headbands
16. July 2010
Sakura Matsuri (35)Originally uploaded by David Clow - Maryland So why do Japanese people wear these “hachimaki” headbands? I am thinking in particular about the headbands worn by people studying, rather than the headband worn by the gentleman in this photo, who is taking part in a festival but the following might be applied to anyone [...]
Continue reading...Foreign Wife, Japanese Husband to Become E-book
10. July 2010
The Foreign Wife, Japanese Husband portion of the Chirashi blog is undergoing a redesign in order to become an e-book! More details will be coming soon. In the meantime, if you’re the foreign wife of a Japanese husband and would like to be interviewed for this project, write me at: info (AT) WendyTokunaga DOT COM. [...]
Continue reading...Wearing, Wrapping, and Signing Culture
29. June 2010
Wearing, Wrapping, and Signing CultureOriginally uploaded by timtak Not only does Brian Mc. Veigh (Wearing Ideology: state schooling and self-presentation in Japan, inset top right) have a lot of interesting things to say about uniforms, cuteness, and fashion in Japan, he goes further; he explains how these things can have meaning in and of themselves. Using [...]
Continue reading...Just one Page of the Book of Television Personalities
18. June 2010
Just one Page of the Book of Television PersonalitiesOriginally uploaded by timtak In "The Image Factory: Fads and Fashions in Japan," Donald Ritchie points out that Japanese culture pours out images, fads, fashions and famous faces at a rate unknown in any other culture (or at least the West). I find the tone of his work [...]
Continue reading...Vuvuzela Advantage for Asia at FIFA WC 2010
15. June 2010
Vuvuzela image copyright Dr. ZVLV. Complaints about noise of the vuvuzela horns popular with South African soccer fans have been reported by the presss since the start of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Various top players and coaches from European and South American teams have stated that they believe the deafening roar of the Vuvuezellas [...]
Continue reading...Japanese Nutritional Supplement Energy Drinks
23. May 2010
The Japanese drink a lot of nutritional supplement energy drinks, containing royal jelly, ginseng, maka, various vitamins and minerals and their prime effective ingredient: caffine and nicotine. Their effect is I believe, therefore equivalent to the esspresso and cigarette so popular in Italy and France. These drinks are advertised on prime time television, on sale [...]
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