Analysis Of Self-Presentation And Performance In The Yakuza

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The article “Self-presentation and performance in the yakuza way of life Fieldwork with a Japanese underworld group” by Jacob Raz explain how Japanese society is often seen as a sedentary society. The main groups of Yakuza, the Tekiya and Bakuro. In the reading it suggested that not all Tekiya members are engage in full-time peddling. Moreover, the way Yakuza gain money is by doing activities such as protection, extortion, illegal gambling, prostitution and drugs. Today’s Yakuza is different than previous Yakuza, the do legal business, such as real estate and some construction business. One can easily tell their organization by tattoo and they usually dressed up in striped silk suits, with colorful neckties, or in black suits which one can