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An Anthropologist in Japan: Glimpses of Life in the Field (The ASA Research

An Anthropologist in Japan: Glimpses of Life in the Field (The ASA Research Methods) Paperback - 1999

by Hendry, Joy

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  • Title An Anthropologist in Japan: Glimpses of Life in the Field (The ASA Research Methods)
  • Author Hendry, Joy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 184
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, London
  • Date 1999-02-04
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR006110233
  • ISBN 9780415195744 / 0415195748
  • Weight 0.64 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.45 x 5.41 x 0.45 in (21.46 x 13.74 x 1.14 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
  • Library of Congress subjects Japan - Social life and customs, Ethnology - Fieldwork - Japan
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98035095
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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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.

About the author

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).