UID:
almafu_9959328104602883
Format:
1 online resource (1 volume)
ISBN:
9781405141451
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140514145X
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9780470996966
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047099696X
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9781280198670
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1280198672
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9781405184786
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1405184787
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to anthropology ; 5
Content:
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.
Note:
Introduction: putting and keeping Japan in anthropology /
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The imperial past of anthropology in Japan /
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Japanese archaeology and cultural properties management: prewar ideology and postwar legacies /
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Feminism, timelines and history-making /
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Making majority culture /
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Political and cultural perspectives on "insider" minorities /
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Japan's ethnic minority: Koreans /
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Shifting contours of class and status /
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Anthropology of Japanese corporate management /
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Fashioning cultural identity: body and dress /
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Genders and sexualities /
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On the "nature" of Japanese culture, or, is there a Japanese sense of nature? /
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The rural imaginary: landscape, village, tradition /
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Tokyo's third rebuilding: new twists on old patterns /
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Japan's global village: a view from the world of leisure /
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Formal caring alternatives: kindergartens and day-care centers /
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Post-compulsory schooling and the legacy of imperialism /
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Theorizing the cultural importance of play: anthropological approaches to sports and recreation in Japan /
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Popular entertainment and the music industry /
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There's more than manga: popular nonfiction books and magazines /
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Biopower: blood, kinship, and eugenic marriage /
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The ie (family) in global perspective /
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Constrained person and creative agent: a dying student's narrative of self and others /
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Nation, citizenship and cinema /
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Culinary culture and the making of a national cuisine /
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Historical, new, and "new" new religions /
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Folk religion and its contemporary issues /
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Women scientists and gender ideology /
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Preserving moral order: responses to biomedical technologies /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Companion to the anthropology of Japan. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005 ISBN 0631229558
Language:
English
Keywords:
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DOI:
10.1002/9780470996966
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996966
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996966
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996966
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