Unwrapping Japan (eBook, ePUB)

Society and Culture in Anthropological Perspective
Redaktion: Ben-Ari, Eyal; Valentine, Jim; Moeran, Brian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As well as exploring issues relating to advertising, tourism, women, festivals and the art world, the book depicts how the study of Japanese society contributes to anthropological theory and understanding. The editors use the term 'unwrapping' to provide insights into Japanese culture and relate these insights to broader problems and questions prevalent in contemporary anthropological discourse. The issues explored include the contribution of applied anthropology to theory; the relationship between tourism and nostalgia; the interplay of marginality and belonging; the role of advertising in gender relations; status in the art world and the place of Japanese genres of writing within anthropology texts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136917035
• Artikelnr.: 42983182

Autorenporträt

Eyal Ben-Ari, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Brian Moeran, Jim Valentine

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Rapt Discourses: Anthropology, Japanism and Japan Brian
Moeran 2. Humidity, Hygiene or Ritual Care: Some Thoughts on Wrapping as a
Social Phenomenon Joy Hendry 3. On the Borderlines: The Significance of
Marginality in Japanese Society James Valentine 4. The Feminine in Japanese
Folk Religion: Polluted or Divine? Teigo Yoshida 5. Intelligent Elegance:
Women in Japanese Advertising Keiko Tanaka 6. Tourism and the Ama: The
Search for a Real Japan D. P. Martine. 7. Making An Exhibition of Oneself:
The Anthropologist as Potter in Japan Brian Moeran 8.Many Voices, Partial
Worlds: On Some Conventions and Innovations in the Ethnographic Portrayal
of Japan Eyal Ben-Ari 9. Deconstructing an Anthropological Text: A 'Moving'
Account of Returnee Schoolchildren in Contemporary Japan Roger Goodman 10.
Sea Tenure and the Japanese Experience: Resource Management in Coastal
Fisheries Arne Kalland 11.Festival Management and the Corporate Analysis of
Japanese Society Michael Ashkenazi 12. Wrapping Up: Some General
Implications Eyal Ben-Ari