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Japan: The Body and its Feet

Published/Copyright: June 25, 2012
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Abstract

This paper aims to gain a deeper understanding of the cultural values attributed to feet in Japan and to find out what we can learn through close observation not only of feet in particular but of the relationship between feet and the body, and, by extension, between parts and a whole. Japanese language materials on the foot both in book form as well as on the internet are discussed, providing insights particularly into questions of training and healing. This first level of approach is expanded in an account of a field study, looking at Buddhist temples and shrines of deities people turn to when they need to focus on the feet.

Published Online: 2012-06-25
Published in Print: 2012-06

© by Akademie Verlag, Berlin, Germany

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