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Tatemae

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Tatemae
A Japanese term for the feelings a person projects in public, which may or may not conform to his/her true feelings. Tatemae usually corresponds to social necessities and expectations for what one's feelings ought to be. Tatemae contrasts with honne, which is how one really feels.


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If so, what is the function of tatemae in governmentality?
See Wilson, supra note 1, at 850 (noting the Japanese concepts of tatemae and honne, two principles that connote the official version of how things are--the desired appearance--and the truth of the situation, respectively).
For example, they report that there are two words for truth, tatemae and honne, meaning the "socially appropriate" truth and the "actual" truth, respectively.
 
 
 
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