An Anthropologist in Japan: Glimpses of Life in the FieldPsychology Press, 1999 - 167 pages An Anthropologist in Japanis a highly personal narrative which draws the reader into a fascinating cross-section of Japanese life. Joy Hendry tells the story of her nine-month period of fieldwork in a Japanese seaside town. She originally sets out on a study of politeness, but a host of unpredictable events--including a volcanic eruption, a suicide and her son's involvement with the family of a powerful local gangster--dramatically changes the direction of her research. In vignettes that illuminate the education system, religious beliefs, politics, family and neighborhood in modern Japan, the book exemplifies the role of chance in anthropology and the way that moments of insight can be embedded in a mass of everyday activity. A brilliant example of reflexive anthropology in action, An Anthropologist in Japandemonstrates how ethnographic fieldwork can uniquely provide a deep understanding of linguistic and cultural difference. |
Table des matières
Arrival and an invitation | 3 |
a world of blossom and willow | 9 |
The hospital and a strange encounter | 16 |
The school and a fight | 23 |
A pilgrims trail | 30 |
Shiroyama the Satomi legend and a new look at power | 36 |
PART II | 43 |
two local festivals 155 | 45 |
Cubs sports and a shock | 60 |
Suicide funerals and the wellwrapped gift | 67 |
A foreigner at the Culture Festival | 83 |
A volcanic eruption | 98 |
shrine mochi and a tea ceremony | 121 |
The gangleaders wife | 135 |
An artistic farewell | 148 |
The housewives Club for Life 53 3389 | 53 |
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Cultural Differences, the Nation State, and Rethinking Ethnicity Theory ... Charles F. Keyes Affichage d'extraits - 2001 |
Culture and Power in Germany and Japan: The Spirit of Renewal Nils-Johan Jørgensen Affichage d'extraits - 2006 |