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The Lens Within the Heart: The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan
The study of food practices in different cultures and societies has long been an important part of anthropological studies. In recent years anthropological literature on food has generated new theoretical findings on this important aspect of human behavior that help explain cultural adaptation and social grouping in a more general way.In this volume the authors make use of...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
April 1st 2002
by University of Hawaii Press
(first published March 7th 2002)
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I have taught from this fascinating and highly useful study on several occasions in my comparative intellectual traditions courses. It has been a real favorite, with both me and my students. Not only is the presentation detailed and lucid, but it also refrains from making excessively speculative claims. For such acts of interpretation the author provides ample occasion, but he leaves that act itself to the reader. What I have gathered from this book though is further evidence to suggest that the...more
Accessible and filled with beautiful images, Timon Screech's "The Lens Withing the Heart" is a fantastic piece of scholarship. By following the import of curios by Dutch traders and the development of Rangaku, or the study of the "West" by Japanese scholars, Screech develops insights into sensory orientations and the production of science in late Edo.
I deeply appreciate Screech's orientation on these objects:
“Imports were popularized; by popularization I mean precisely this: the objects were up...more
I deeply appreciate Screech's orientation on these objects:
“Imports were popularized; by popularization I mean precisely this: the objects were up...more
Interesting, but at times a bit impressionistic. I found some of the interpretations a bit questionable, even (using Kuki Shuzo's ideas about the Edo gaze as evidence about the Edo gaze? Really now). I guess I'm giving this three stars because I found it a relatively engaging read, but as a work of scholarship it feels like Screech stretches out his evidence and his arguments into several books, which leaves his work feeling a bit light.
Mar 26, 2013
Almu Gambi
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