Interpreting Japanese society : anthropological approaches / edited by Joy Hendry.

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9780203012697

9780415172677

9780415172684

Title:

Interpreting Japanese society : anthropological approaches / edited by Joy Hendry.

Author:

Hendry, Joy.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps

Contents:

Introduction : the contribution of social anthropology to Japanese studies / Joy Hendry -- Spatial characterization of human temporality in the Ryūkyūs / Patrick Beillevaire -- The Pythagorean view of time and space in Japan / Thomas Crump -- The question of space : from Heidegger to Watsuji / Augustin Berque -- Contested identities and models of action in Japanese discourses of place-making : an interpretive study / Eyal Ben-Ari -- Time, space and person in Japanese relationships / Jane M. Bachnik -- Is the ie disappearing in rural Japan? : the impact of tourism on a traditional Japanese village / Okpyo Moon -- Death rites in Japan in the twentieth century / Jan van Bremen -- A child in time : changing adoption and fostering in Japan / Roger Goodman -- Gods, ancestors and mediators : a cosmology from the south-western archipelago of Japan / Teigo Yoshida -- The importance of the left hand in two types of ritual activity in Japanese villages / Kazuto Matsunaga -- "Years of calamity" : yakudoshi observances in urban Japan / David C. Lewis -- Redefining Kuzaki : ritual, belief and chō boundaries / D.P. Martinez -- Science and religious movements in Japan : hi-tech healers and computerized cults / Mary Picone -- Sakariba : zone of "evaporation" between work and home? / Sepp Linhart -- One over the seven : sake drinking in a Japanese pottery community / Brian Moeran -- Models of performance : space, time and social organization in Japanese dance / James Valentine.

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Geographic Term:

Japan -- Civilization -- 1945-

Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945-

Added Author:

Hendry, Joy.

Format:

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Publication Date:

1998

Publication Information:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

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Summary

First published in 1986, Interpreting Japanese Society became something of a classic in the field. In this newly revised and updated edition, the value of anthropological approaches to help understand an ancient and complex nation is clearly demonstrated.
While living and working in Japan the contributors have studied important areas of society. Religion, ritual, leisure, family and social relations are covered as are Japanese preconceptions of time and space - often so different from Western concepts.
This new edition of Interpreting Japanese Society shows what an important contribution research in such a rapidly changing industralised nation can make to the subject of anthropology. It will be welcomed by students and scholars alike who wish to find refreshing new insights on one of the world's most fascinating societies.

Author Notes

Joy Hendry is Professor of Social Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University. She has twenty-five years' experience specializing in the study of Japan and is the author of Understanding Japanese Society and Wrapping Culture.

Foreword to Second Edition	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Note on the Text	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Part I Time, Space and Models of Action	p. 13
1 Time in the Japanese Ritual Year	p. 15
References	p. 29
2 Spatial Characterization of Human Temporality in the Ryukyus	p. 31
3 The Pythagorean View of Time and Space in Japan	p. 42
4 The Question of Space	p. 57
References	p. 67
5 Contested Identities and Models of Action in Japanese Discourses of Place-Making	p. 68
Part II Kinship and Social Relations: Perceptions and Practice	p. 89
6 Time, Space and Person in Japanese Relationships	p. 91
7 Is the Ie Disappearing in Rural Japan?	p. 117
8 Death Rites in Japan in the Twentieth Century	p. 131
9 A Child in Time	p. 145
Part III Religion, Science and Cosmology	p. 165
10 Gods, Ancestors and Mediators	p. 167
11 The Importance of the Left Hand in Two Types of Ritual Activity in Japanese Villages	p. 182
Notes	p. 193
12 'years of Calamity'	p. 194
13 Redefining Kuzaki	p. 213
14 Science and Religious Movements in Japan	p. 222
Part IV Leisure: Its Impact and Significance	p. 229
15 Sakariba	p. 231
References	p. 241
16 One Over the Seven	p. 243
References	p. 258
7	p. 259
References	p. 280
Name Index	p. 282
Subject Index	p. 286

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