Origin Of Ethnography In Japan

Origin Of Ethnography In Japan
Title Origin Of Ethnography In Japan PDF eBook
Author Minoru Kawada
Publisher Routledge
Pages 242
Release 2019-01-04
Genre Social Science
ISBN 131772691X

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Yanagita Kunio (1872-1962) is widely known as the founder of folklore studies in Japan, and his achievement in presenting a systematic framework for the discipline is highly valued amongst academic writings. However, many of his ideas still need to be examined, and in recent years there has been a renewal of interest in his works, especially among scholars of intellectual history. This re-evaluation of his achievements is generally attributable to the current view that Yanagita retained an independent position as an intellectual struggling to solve the various problems that dominated Japan in the years of great change from Meiji and Taisho to Showa. First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Precarious Japan

Precarious Japan
Title Precarious Japan PDF eBook
Author Anne Allison
Publisher Duke University Press
Pages 257
Release 2014-02-04
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0822377241

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In an era of irregular labor, nagging recession, nuclear contamination, and a shrinking population, Japan is facing precarious times. How the Japanese experience insecurity in their daily and social lives is the subject of Precarious Japan. Tacking between the structural conditions of socioeconomic life and the ways people are making do, or not, Anne Allison chronicles the loss of home affecting many Japanese, not only in the literal sense but also in the figurative sense of not belonging. Until the collapse of Japan's economic bubble in 1991, lifelong employment and a secure income were within reach of most Japanese men, enabling them to maintain their families in a comfortable middle-class lifestyle. Now, as fewer and fewer people are able to find full-time work, hope turns to hopelessness and security gives way to a pervasive unease. Yet some Japanese are getting by, partly by reconceiving notions of home, family, and togetherness.

A Companion to Japanese History

A Companion to Japanese History
Title A Companion to Japanese History PDF eBook
Author William M. Tsutsui
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 633
Release 2009-07-20
Genre History
ISBN 1405193395

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A Companion to Japanese History provides an authoritative overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japan’s history. Composed of 30 chapters written by an international group of scholars Combines traditional perspectives with the most recent scholarly concerns Supplements a chronological survey with targeted thematic analyses Presents stimulating interventions into individual controversies

Understanding Japanese Society

Understanding Japanese Society
Title Understanding Japanese Society PDF eBook
Author Joy Hendry
Publisher Routledge
Pages 256
Release 2012
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0415679133

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This new edition provides a clear introduction to Japanese society which does not require any previous knowledge of the country. It contains new material on the effects of the Asian crisis and recession in Japan, the changes to the Japanese ruling political elite and more.

A Discipline on Foot

A Discipline on Foot
Title A Discipline on Foot PDF eBook
Author Alan Christy
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages 309
Release 2012-08-17
Genre History
ISBN 1442216492

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Exploring the fundamental question of how a new discipline comes into being, this groundbreaking book tells the story of the emergence of native ethnology in Imperial Japan, a “one nation” social science devoted to the study of the Japanese people. Roughly corresponding to folklore studies or ethnography in the West, this social science was developed outside the academy over the first half of the twentieth century by a diverse group of intellectuals, local dignitaries, and hobbyists. Alan Christy traces the paths of the distinctive individuals who founded minzokugaku, how theory and practice developed, and how many previously unknown figures contributed to the growth of the discipline. Despite its humble beginnings, native ethnology today is a fixture in Japanese intellectual life, offering arguments and evidence about the popular, as opposed to elite, foundations of Japanese culture. Speaking directly to fundamental questions in anthropology, this authoritative and engaging book will become a standard not only for the field of native ethnology but also as a major work in broader modern Japanese cultural and intellectual history.

Hip-Hop Japan

Hip-Hop Japan
Title Hip-Hop Japan PDF eBook
Author Ian Condry
Publisher Duke University Press
Pages 268
Release 2006-11
Genre Music
ISBN 9780822338925

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An ethnographic study of Japanese hip-hop.

A Cultural History of Postwar Japan 1945-1980

A Cultural History of Postwar Japan 1945-1980
Title A Cultural History of Postwar Japan 1945-1980 PDF eBook
Author Shunsuke Tsurumi
Publisher Routledge
Pages 151
Release 2013-10-28
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1136146261

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First Published in 1987. Japan’s surrender on 15 August 1945 was an unprecedented event in Japanese history. The shift from the life of hunger to the life of saturation that took place between 1945 and 1980 has brought about a great change in life style. The significance of this change will be a subject of reassessment for many years to come. This books presents an outline of such a change in the domain of mass culture, a sector of Japanese culture most indicative of the change after the defeat and the subsequent economic recovery.