An anthropologist in Japan : glimpses of life in the field
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An anthropologist in Japan : glimpses of life in the field
（ASA research methods in social anthropology）
Routledge, 1999
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index (p. 155-167)
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780415195737
Description
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.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415195744
Description
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.
Table of Contents
PART I Settling in and making contacts 1 Arrival...and an invitation 2 The neighbourhood: a 'world of blossom and willow' 3 The hospital...and a strange encounter 4 The school...and a fight 5 A pilgrims' trail 6 Shiroyama, the Satomi legend and a new look at power PART II Events to attend 7 Wrapping the body: two local festivals 8 The housewives' 'Club for Life' 9 Cubs, sports and a shock 10 Suicide, funerals and the well-wrapped gift 11 Paper walls and flowers at the bank PART III The role of experts 12 A foreigner at the 'Culture Festival' 13 'Your Japanese is psychological torture' 14 A volcanic eruption 15 Tennis and the 'surreal' dinner 16 Concerts, cakes and spiritual communication PART IV Building a framework for analysis 17 New Year: shrine, mochi and a tea ceremony 18 Valentine's Day, and the 6th years pick on Hamish 19 The gang-leader's wife 20 Unwrapping the argument 21 An artistic farewell
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