A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan Hardcover - 2005 - 1st Edition
by Jennifer Robertson (Editor)
From the rear cover
A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan is an unprecedented collection of original essays by some of the field's most distinguished scholars of Japan which, taken together, offer a comprehensive overview of the field. Aiming to retire stale and misleading stereotypes, the authors present new perspectives on Japanese culture and society - past and present - in accessible language.
A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan covers a broad range of issues, controversies, and everyday practices, including the unacknowledged colonial roots of anthropology in the Japanese academy; legacies of nationalist research; eugenics and nation-building; majority and minority cultures; class and status; genders and sexualities; urban spectacle and rural 'undevelopment'; domestic, corporate, and educational ideologies and practices; the mass media, leisure, and 'infotainment' industries; women's and men's sports; fashion and food cultures; ideas of nature, life, and death; new and folk religions; and science and biotechnology.
Collectively, these chapters not only demonstrate Japan's significance for anthropological research but also help make Japanese society accessible to readers unfamiliar with the country. A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan is a reference volume for scholars, but is also designed to serve as a primary text for courses in anthropology and sociology, history, and Japan and East Asian Studies.
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- Title A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan
- Author Jennifer Robertson (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
- Date 2005-07-11
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780631229551 / 0631229558
- Weight 2.41 lbs (1.09 kg)
- Dimensions 9.92 x 6.92 x 1.38 in (25.20 x 17.58 x 3.51 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects Japan - Social life and customs, Ethnology - Japan
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004022308
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.095
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