An anthropological lifetime in Japan : the writings of Joy Hendry
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An anthropological lifetime in Japan : the writings of Joy Hendry
（The writings of）
Brill, c2017
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"Joy Hendry's full bibliography": p. [693]-698
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Joy Hendry's collection demonstrates the value of an anthropological approach to understanding a particular society by taking the reader through her own discovery of the field, explaining her practice of it in Oxford and Japan, and then offering a selection of the results and findings she obtained. Her work starts with a study of marriage made in a small rural community, continues with education and the rearing of children, and later turns to consider polite language, especially amongst women. This lead into a study of "wrapping" and cultural display, for example of gardens and theme parks, which became a comparative venture, putting Japan in a global context. Finally the book sums up change through the period of Hendry's research.
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