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Item Details
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AN ANTHROPOLOGIST IN JAPAN
GLIMPSES OF LIFE IN THE FIELD |
| By: |
Joy Hendry |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£70.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
041519573X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780415195737 |
| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
4 February, 1999 |
| Series: |
The ASA Research Methods |
| Pages: |
184 |
| Description: |
An insight into many elements of Japanese life, this text is the result of nine months of fieldwork and exemplifies how much of anthropological knowledge is a product of chance. It demonstrates how ethnographic fieldwork provides an understanding of linguistic and cultural difference. |
| Synopsis: |
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 involvement with the family of a poweful local gangster, begin to alter the direction of her research. The book demonstrates the role of chance in the acquisition of anthropological knowledge and demonstrates how moments of insight can be embedded in everyday activity. An Anthropologist in Japan illuminates the education system, religious beliefs, politics, the family and the neighbourhood in modern Japan. |
| Illustrations: |
8 b&w photographs |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Routledge |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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