An anthropologist in Japan : glimpses of life in the field /

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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 involve...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hendry, Joy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Colección:ASA research methods in social anthropology (Routledge (Firm))
Temas:
Hendry, Joy.
Ethnology > Fieldwork > Japan.
Women ethnologists > Japan > Biography.
Ethnology > Japan > Fieldwork.
Ethnologie > Japon > Recherche sur le terrain.
Femmes ethnologues > Japon > Biographies.
Ethnologie > Recherche sur le terrain > Japon.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Ethnology > Fieldwork.
Manners and customs.
Women ethnologists.
Japan > Social life and customs.
Japon > Mœurs et coutumes.
Japan.
Electronic books.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part Part I Settling in and making contacts
  • chapter 1 Arrival ... and an invitation
  • chapter 2 The neighbourhood
  • A 'world of blossom and willow'
  • chapter 3 The hospital ... and a strange encounter
  • chapter 4 The school ... and a fight
  • chapter 5 A pilgrims' trail
  • chapter 6 Shiroyama, the Satomi legend and a new look at power
  • part Part II Events to attend
  • chapter 7 Wrapping the body: two local festivals
  • chapter 8 The housewives' 'Club for Life'
  • chapter 9 Cubs, sports and a shock
  • chapter 10 Suicide, funerals and the well-wrapped gift
  • chapter 11 Paper walls and flowers at the bank
  • part Part III The role of experts
  • chapter 12 A foreigner at the 'Culture Festival'
  • chapter 13 'Your Japanese is psychological torture'
  • chapter 14 A volcanic eruption
  • chapter 10 Tennis and the 'surreal' dinner
  • chapter 16 Concerts, cakes and spiritual communication
  • part Part IV Building a framework for analysis
  • chapter 17 New Year
  • Shrine, mochi and a tea ceremony
  • chapter 18 Valentine's Day, and the 6th years pick on Hamish
  • chapter 19 The gang-leader's wife
  • chapter 20 Unwrapping the argument
  • chapter 21 An artistic farewell.

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