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Title: Is This Thing Out of Print Yet?!?
Review: 'The Kimono Mind' makes a laymans effort to try to explain the intricacies of Japan. Rudofsky denounces the customs and history of the country as soon as he erroniously explains them. Ancient accounts from racist sailors are given to back up the history of Rudofsky's bad interpretations, lending to some downright obsurd and incorrect accusations of the Japanese people.This is a book that is not fit for anthropological research, and seems to only belong to a bygone era. If you are looking for the skewed American view of Japan from the 'The Kimono Mind's publishing date of 1965, this is the book for you. Typical of old white American men in 1965, the book has a racially biased tone and misquoted history to serve it's purposes. If you are rather searching for a quality read with anthropological fact and information on the Japanese as a people, look elsewhere.
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