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An anthropologist in Japan : glimpses of life in the field

By Hendry , Joy , Joy; Hendry

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1999
ISBN
0-415-19573-X, 9780415195737, 9780203019818, 0-203-01981-4, 9780203042649, 0-203-04264-6, 9780203159170, 0203159179, 9780415195744, 0-415-19574-8, 9781280332975, 1280332972
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3711103 bytes)
Series
ASA research methods in social anthropology (Routledge (Firm))
Pages
167\182
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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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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