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Author_Joy Hendry
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Boso Peninsula
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community dynamics study
cultural rituals Japan
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Eel Shop
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ethnographic fieldwork
everyday life ethnography
Express Train
Girl Friends
Hamish's Class
Head's Room
Home Town
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Independent Woman
Japanese education system
Japanese social anthropology
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Koto Player
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Mental Check List
Nice Atmosphere
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Resort Town
Shakuhachi Player
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Sushi Shop
Tea Ceremony
Tea Utensils
Tennis Coach
Town Hall
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White Lily
Willow Trees
Yorkshire Pudding
Young Man
Zen Buddhist Temple
Product details
- ISBN 9780415195744
- Weight: 254g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 04 Feb 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Joy Hendry is Professor of Social Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University. She has published numerous books and articles on Japan, including Wrapping Culture (1993), Understanding Japanese Society (Routledge, 1993) and Interpreting Japanese Society (ed.) (Routledge, 1998).
