Understanding Japanese Society

ISBN-13: 9780815385875 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 334 str.

UK) Hendry Joy (Oxford Brookes University

Opis

In this brand new edition of the bestselling textbook Hendry takes the reader into the heart of Japanese life. Providing a clear and accessible introduction to Japanese ways of thinking, which does not require any previous knowledge of the country, the book explores Japanese society through the worlds of home, work, play and ritual.

Spis treści

Introduction 

1. Sources of Japanese Identity 

Clinton Godart: The Introduction of Modern Science and Technology

2. The House and Family System 

Ayumi Sasagawa: Views of Housewives in Contemporary Japan

3. Socialisation and Classification 

Emma E. Cook: Food Allergies, Illness and Personhood in Japan

4. Community and Neighbourhood 

Yukifumi Makita: Rebuilding Community Life in Rural Japan

5. The Education System 

Katsunobu Shimizu: Local government involvement with education

6. Status, Hierarchy and Ethnic Diversity 

Jamie Coates: New Chinese socialities in Japan

7. Religious Influences 

Sebastien Penmellen Boret: Buddhist lifelines during the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake

8. Ritual and the Life Cycle 

Andrea De Antoni: Coping with the Spirits of Unsettled Death

9. Opportunities for Working Life 

Swee-Lin Ho: Women with Professional Careers in Japan’s Male-Dominated Corporate World

10. Arts, Entertainment and Leisure 

Carmen Săpunaru Tămaș: A Puff of Fairy Dust: Drag Queens of the Osaka Stage

11. Government and the Craft of Politics 

John Breen: Contested Emperorship

12. The Legal System and Social Control in a Global World

Tom Gill: The Great Eastern Japan Disaster of 2011: How It Damaged Social Control and Social Trust

Conclusion

Bruce White: The World in Japan

O autorze

Joy Hendry is Professor Emerita of Oxford Brookes University, UK, has held visiting associations with Tokyo, Dōshisha and Keio universities, carried out fieldwork over 40 years, and published many books and articles on the social anthropology of Japan. In 2017, she was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government.