In this highly personal account Joy Hendry relates her experiences of fieldwork in a Japanese town and reveals a fascinating cross-section of Japanese life. She sets out on a study of politeness but a variety of unpredictable events including a volcanic eruption, a suicide and her son?s involvement with the family of a poweful local gangster, begin to alter the direction of her research. The book demonstrates the role of chance in the acquisition of anthropological knowledge and demonstrates how moments of insight can be embedded in everyday activity. An Anthropologist in Japan illuminates the education system, religious beliefs, politics, the family and the neighbourhood in modern Japan.
Additional ISBNs
9780415195737, 9780415195744, 041519573X, 0415195748
An Anthropologist in Japan Ebook
Glimpses of Life in the Field
By: Joy Hendry
Publisher:
Routledge
Print ISBN: 9780415195744, 0415195748
eText ISBN: 9781134645237, 1134645236
Edition: 1st
Pages: 184
Copyright year: 1999
Format: PDF
Available from $ 48.95 USD
SKU: 9781134645237
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