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Cherry Blossoms

Sakura Collections from the Library of Congress

By: Mari Nakahara,Katherine Blood

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Cherry Blossoms

Sakura Collections from the Library of Congress

By: Mari Nakahara,Katherine Blood

A beautiful gift book commemorating the nation's most cherished springtime tradition, the National Cherry Blossom Festival, through original works of art from the Library of Congress collections Experience the splendor of the annual spring viewing of the nation's sakura (cherry blossoms) with this stunning keepsake book. Original artwork, photographs, and objects from the Library of Congress collections illuminate the story of these landmark trees and how they came to the nation's capital as a symbol of friendship with Japan. More than one million visitors from the US and abroad gather each year to enjoy Washington's glorious profusion of cloud-like blossoms and join in the festivities. Cherry Blossoms: Sakura Collections from the Library of Congress showcases exquisite watercolor drawings of blossom varieties among the original cherry trees, Japanese woodblock prints by such master artists as Kiyonaga and Hiroshige, early 3-D stenographs and contemporary photos of the Tidal Basin cherry blossoms, mementos from a former cherry blossom princess, posters of the festival, and more. These works offer the opportunity to explore Japanese culture while celebrating Washington's beloved cherry blossoms.

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1588346846

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Biomedicalization and the Practice of Culture

Globalization and Type 2 Diabetes in the United States and Japan

By: Mari Armstrong-Hough

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Biomedicalization and the Practice of Culture

Globalization and Type 2 Diabetes in the United States and Japan

By: Mari Armstrong-Hough

Over the last twenty years, type 2 diabetes skyrocketed to the forefront of global public health concern. In this book, Mari Armstrong-Hough examines the rise in and response to the disease in two societies: the United States and Japan. Both societies have faced rising rates of diabetes, but their social and biomedical responses to its ascendance have diverged. To explain the emergence of these distinctive strategies, Armstrong-Hough argues that physicians act not only on increasingly globalized professional standards but also on local knowledge, explanatory models, and cultural toolkits. As a result, strategies for clinical management diverge sharply from one country to another. Armstrong-Hough demonstrates how distinctive practices endure in the midst of intensifying biomedicalization, both on the part of patients and on the part of physicians, and how these differences grow from broader cultural narratives about diabetes in each setting.

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UNC Press Books

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1469646692

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9781469646695

Cherry Blossoms

Sakura Collections from the Library of Congress

By: Mari Nakahara,Katherine Blood

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Sakura Collections from the Library of Congress

By: Mari Nakahara,Katherine Blood

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Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms

Biomedicalization and the Practice of Culture

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Cherry Blossoms

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