Author : Joy Hendry
Release : 2016-12-05
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 875/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis An Anthropological lifetime in Japan by : Joy Hendry
Download or read book An Anthropological lifetime in Japan written by Joy Hendry. This book was released on 2016-12-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joy Hendry's collection demonstrates the value of an anthropological approach to understanding a particular society by taking the reader through her own discovery of the field, explaining her practice of it in Oxford and Japan, and then offering a selection of the results and findings she obtained. Her work starts with a study of marriage made in a small rural community, continues with education and the rearing of children, and later turns to consider polite language, especially amongst women. This lead into a study of "wrapping" and cultural display, for example of gardens and theme parks, which became a comparative venture, putting Japan in a global context. Finally the book sums up change through the period of Hendry's research.