Mere end bare et bad : Intim socialitet i japansk badepraksis
Hegelund, Freja Marie LU
(2023)
In Kulturstudier
2023(2).
p.102-123
- Abstract
- Based on historical and empirical descriptions of bathing practice in public bath-houses and private bathing facilities in Japan, this article examines cultural meanings embedded in Japanese bathing practice. The article explores the relation between Japanese bathing practice and notions of the private and the public spheres as well as intimacy and sociality. By studying naked skin and hot water as mediators of intimate sociality in Japan, the article challenges these dichotomies by showing that bathing practice in Japan produces strong bonds and familiarity among close relations as well as citizens. As such, Japanese bathing practice blurs the distinctions between the pri-vate, the intimate and the public. The ... (More)
- Based on historical and empirical descriptions of bathing practice in public bath-houses and private bathing facilities in Japan, this article examines cultural meanings embedded in Japanese bathing practice. The article explores the relation between Japanese bathing practice and notions of the private and the public spheres as well as intimacy and sociality. By studying naked skin and hot water as mediators of intimate sociality in Japan, the article challenges these dichotomies by showing that bathing practice in Japan produces strong bonds and familiarity among close relations as well as citizens. As such, Japanese bathing practice blurs the distinctions between the pri-vate, the intimate and the public. The article argues that bathing in Japan is more than just a bath: Intimate sociality in the bath generates an imaginary warmth and connectedness that are important aspects of cultural belonging and national identity in Japan. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Med utgångspunkt i historiska och empiriska beskrivningar av offentliga och privata badanläggningar i Japan undersöker denna artikel kulturella betydelser i japanska badvanor. Genom att undersöka nakenhet och varmt vatten som förmedlare av närhet och intim socialitet i Japan, utmanar artikeln gränserna mellan den privata och offentliga sfären och det intima och sociala. Artikeln visar att badvanor i Japan skapar band både på individnivå och mellan medborgare, och hävdar att bad i Japan är mer än bara bad: genom intim socialitet skapas en imaginär värme och samhörighet mellan människor, vilket är en viktig del av den kulturella sammanhållningen och den nationella identiteten i Japan.
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- author
- Hegelund, Freja Marie
LU
- organization
- alternative title
- More than a bath : Intimate sociality in Japanese bathing practice
- Mer än bara ett bad
- publishing date
- 2023-12
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Japan, Vatten, Värme, Badets kulturhistoria, offentlig och privat sfär, Intim socialitet, Kulturell sammenhållning, nationell identitet, Japan, Water, Heat, Cultural history of bathing, Public and private spheres, Intimate socility, Cultural belonging, National identity
- in
- Kulturstudier
- volume
- 2023
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 21 pages
- publisher
- Dansk Historisk Fællesråd
- ISSN
- 1904-5352
- language
- Danish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 11db8497-c8bc-4469-9cd8-e79185b8a1fd
- alternative location
- https://tidsskrift.dk/fn/article/view/142668/
- date added to LUP
- 2023-12-30 09:45:41
- date last changed
- 2024-01-05 09:11:37
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