An anthropological lifetime in Japan the writings of Joy Hendry
A collection of the publications and other writings of Joy Hendry, with a biographical introduction also explaining the choice and rationale for the research topics addressed.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden, the Netherlands :
Brill
2016.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
The writings of ; 8. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b47405533*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; Fieldwork; From Scrambled Messages to an Impromptu Dip: Serendipity in Finding a Field Location; The Paradox of Friendship in the Field: Analysis of a Long-Term Anglo-Japanese Relationship; Marriage amd Some Early Theoretical Contributions; Is Science Maintaining Tradition in Japan?; The Modification of Tradition in Modern Japanese Weddings and Some Implications for the Social Structure; Tomodachi kō: Age-Mate Groups in Northern Kyushu; Shoes: The Early Learning of an Important Distinction in Japanese Society; 'The Fix' in Japanese Society.
- Marriage and the Family in Modernising JapanThe Continuing Case of Japan; Child Rearing and Education; Becoming Japanese: A Social Anthropological View of Child-Rearing; Kindergartens and the Transition from Home to School Education; Peer Pressure and Kindergartens in Japan; Children's Contests in Japan; St Valentine and St Nicholas Travel Abroad: Success and Internationalisation in Japanese Education; Individualism and Individuality: Entry into a Social World; Bags, Objects and Education in Japan; Material Objects and Mathematics in the Life of the Japanese Primary School Child.
- Politeness, Housewives and the Wrapping IdeaThe Use and Abuse of Politeness Formulae: Some Social Implications; Respect, Solidarity or Contempt? Politeness and Communication in Modern Japan; Humidity, Hygiene, or Ritual Care: Some Thoughts on Wrapping as a Social Phenomenon; To Wrap or not to Wrap: Politeness and Penetration in Ethnographic Inquiry; The Armour of Honorific Speech: Some Lateral Thinking about Keigo; Politeness and Formality in Japanese Social Relations; Order, Elegance and Purity: The Life of the Professional Housewife.
- Honorifics as Dialect: The Expression and Manipulation of Boundaries in JapaneseThe Role of the Professional Housewife; Wrapping and Japanese Presentation: Is this Waste or Care?; The Sacred Power of Wrapping; Cultural Display; Gardens and the Wrapping of Space in Japan: Some Benefits of a Balinese Insight; Nature Tamed: Gardens as a Microcosm of Japan's View of the World; Who is Representing Whom? Gardens, Theme Parks and the Anthropologist in Japan; Pine, Ponds and Pebbles: Gardens and Visual Culture; The Whole World as Heritage? Foreign Country Theme Parks in Japan.
- Foreign Country Theme Parks: A New Theme or an Old Japanese Pattern?The Japanese Tattoo: Play or Purpose?; Old Gods, New Pilgrimages: A Whistle-stop Tour of Japanese International Theme Parks; Shakespeare on Show in Japan: An Anthropological Analysis of Cultural Display; "The Past, Foreign Countries and Fantasy ... They All Make for a Good Outing": Staging the Past in Japan and Some Other Locations; Some Sundry Contributions; Nursing in Japan; Food as Social Nutrition? The Japanese Case; Drinking and Gender in Japan; The Ritual of the Revolving Towel.
