Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan - Chris McMorran - Books - University of Hawai'i Press - 9780824892272 - January 31, 2023
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Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan


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Explores how Kurokawa’s ryokan mobilize hospitality to create a rural escape from the globalized dimensions of everyday life in urban Japan. Ryokan do this by fusing a romanticized notion of the countryside with an enduring notion of the hospitable woman embodied by nakai, the hired female staff who welcome guests, serve meals, and clean rooms.


220 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released January 31, 2023
ISBN13 9780824892272
Publishers University of Hawai'i Press
Pages 220
Dimensions 229 × 152 × 19 mm   ·   399 g

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