Chapter Seven: Rice in the Discourse of Selves and Others.

Chapter Seven of the book "Rice As Self: Japanese Identities Through Time" by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney is presented. It highlights rice and rice paddies which represents the collective self of a social group within Japanese society from the smallest unit of a family to Japan as a whole through historical processes. It explores on the collective self of the Japanese that has undergone historical changes, changes that are related to historical developments outside of Japan.