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Hendry Joy. |
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Titolo |
An anthropologist in Japan : glimpses of life in the field / / Joy Hendry |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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1-134-64522-8 |
1-134-64523-6 |
1-280-33297-2 |
0-203-01981-4 |
0-203-15917-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (183 p.) |
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Collana |
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ASA research methods in social anthropology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnology - Japan - Fieldwork |
Women ethnologists - Japan |
Japan Social life and customs |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 155) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Settling in and making contacts; Arrivaland an invitation; The neighbourhood: a 'world of blossom and willow'; The hospitaland a strange encounter; The schooland a fight; A pilgrims' trail; Shiroyama, the Satomi legend and a new look at power; Events to attend; Wrapping the body: two local festivals; The housewives' 'Club for Life'; Cubs, sports and a shock; Suicide, funerals and the well-wrapped gift; Paper walls and flowers at the bank; The role of experts; A foreigner at the 'Culture Festival' |
'Your Japanese is psychological torture'A volcanic eruption; Tennis and the 'surreal' dinner; Concerts, cakes and spiritual communication; Building a framework for analysis; New Year: shrine, mochi and a tea ceremony; Valentine's Day, and the 6th years pick on Hamish; The gang-leader's wife; Unwrapping the argument; An artistic farewell; Afterword; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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