Anthropology Through the Experience of the Physical Body / / Kaori Fushiki and Ryoko Sakurada, editors

• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2023]; ©2023
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (155 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.095
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology - East Asia; Ethnology - Southeast Asia
• Persona (resp. second.): FushikiKaori; SakuradaRyoko
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction: Experiences of the Physical Body -- 1.1 Is Anthropology without a Body Possible? -- 1.2 How Do We Define Human Beings? -- 1.3 What Is the 'Body'? -- 1.4 The Structure of the Book: The Physical Body as a Problématique -- References -- Part I Body and Space -- 2 The Social Body of Women: Patriarchal Ideology and Women-centred Kin Networks among Chinese Households in Malaysia -- 2.1 Introduction: Between Ideal and Reality -- 2.2 The Female Body and Theoretical Discussion -- 2.3 The Field Site: The Home Town of Migrant Workers -- 2.4 Daily Practices of Women Who Have Migrated from Their Home Town -- 2.4.1 Case 1: Strong Ties Between a Daughter and Her Natal Home -- 2.4.2 Case 2: Exclusion of Pregnant Female Bodies from the Patriarchal Household -- 2.4.3 Case 3: The Tans' Daughter-in-Law in Johor Bahru -- 2.5 Conclusion: Female Kin Networks and the Social Body of Chinese Women in Patriarchal Society -- References -- 3 A Body Out of Place: Pollution and Pregnancy of Hakka Chinese in Sarawak, Malaysia -- 3.1 Introduction: Powerful Female Forces -- 3.2 Theories of Pollution and Pregnancy -- 3.3 Pollutants in Local Contexts -- 3.4 Pregnancy Pollution in Tabidu -- 3.5 Scenario 1: Seeking Help for a Crying Toddler -- 3.6 Scenario 2: Steam Cake Is Polluted -- 3.7 Scenario 3: Polluting the Deities -- 3.8 Conclusion: Powerful and Dangerous Forces -- References -- Part II Imperfect Bodies: Communication and the Body as Media -- 4 The Embodiment of the Deaf in Japan: A Set of Heuristic Models for Identity, Belonging and Sign Language Use -- 4.1 Prologue: The Script as Ethnographic Data -- 4.2 Introduction: A Set of Holistic Heuristics -- 4.3 Deaf Interactions as Embodied Meaning. ; 4.4 The Japanese Deaf as Viewed through Architectonics -- 4.5 A Gestural Approach to Japanese Sign Language -- 4.6 The Body as a Medium for Deaf Performance, Communication and Identity -- 4.7 Update: The Effects of Covid-19 on the Japanese Deaf -- 4.8 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 5 Playing about with Our Imperfect Bodies: Representations of Physical 'Disability' in Balinese Mask Drama Topeng -- 5.1 Introduction: Physical Defects and Comedy -- 5.2 Previous Studies on Balinese Comedy -- 5.3 Physical Defects in Balinese Society -- 5.4 Comedy in Topeng and Representations of Imperfection -- 5.4.1 Disability and Ability -- 5.4.2 Bodily Defects in Diversity -- 5.4.3 Laughing at 'Our' Imperfect Bodies -- 5.5 Reflexive Views among Actors -- 5.6 Conclusion: Playing about with Our Imperfect Bodies -- References -- Part III The Body and Image -- 6 Bodily Myth and the Rottenness of Fudanshi in Singapore -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Boys' Love and the Rottenness of Fujoshi and Fudanshi -- 6.2.1 The Singapore Context -- 6.2.2 In Search of the Elusive Fudanshi -- 6.2.3 Consumption in the Singaporean Closet -- 6.2.4 Ambiguity in Censorship Guidelines -- 6.2.5 Stepping Away from Fudanshi -- 6.2.6 Unsexing BL Bodies -- 6.3 The Trap -- 6.4 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Rethinking the Self in Chinese Kinship Studies through the Household Investigation Ritual -- 7.1 Introduction: Imagining an Animal Farm in Chinese Kinship -- 7.2 Houses and Kinship: A Review -- 7.3 The Household Investigation Ritual -- 7.4 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV The Body as Container: Taming the Bodies? -- 8 Penetrating the Body: Spirit Possession at a Southern Thailand School: Towards an Anthropology of Affect -- 8.1 Introduction: Beyond Binary Thinking of Mind/Body in Anthropology -- 8.2 Outline of Spirit Possession Events at the School -- 8.3 The Body in Possession. ; 8.4 The Possession Experience -- 8.5 A Peculiar Relationship among Spirits -- 8.6 Unsuccessful Remedies -- 8.7 Presumed Causes -- 8.7.1 Villagers -- 8.7.2 The First Principal -- 8.7.3 The Public Health Office Report -- 8.7.4 Teachers -- 8.8 Other Cases of Spirit Possession in Thailand -- 8.9 Possession by Focusing on Affect -- 8.10 Conclusion: Spirit Possession as an Arrangement -- References -- Glossary -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Anthropology Through the Experience of the Physical Body
• ISBN: 981-9957-24-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799229703321
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