Japanese Encounters

This book explores the special times and spaces in Japan within which people get together to decide, celebrate or play, in gatherings such as organizational meetings, community festivities, preschool games or drinking bouts. It analyzes these gatherings in relation to the theoretical model of sociocultural frames, examining how such gatherings are put together, their unfolding stages, the relations between participants and the wider social and cultural contexts. It considers the cognitive, emotional and behavioural dimensions, and, overall, provides great insights into the process whereby the interactions, feelings and action of individuals and groups shape popular culture.