by Ian Buruma · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140074987
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«A Japanese Mirror: Heroes and Villains of Japanese Culture» is Ian Buruma's cultural essay, published by Penguin in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Ian Buruma examines Japanese culture through its heroes and villains, from historical and legendary figures to archetypes of the collective imagination. The work presents the characters who have marked Japan's history and analyses how politics, traditions and social change have shaped its cultural identity.
A work of cultural anthropology and social studies, published in 1985.
For readers interested in Japanese culture, anthropology and the analysis of cultural archetypes.
Ian Buruma is a Dutch writer and editor who lives and works in the United States. In 2017, he became editor of The New York Review of Books, but left the position in September 2018.
