1st Edition

Unwrapping Japan Society and Culture in Anthropological Perspective

Edited By Eyal Ben-Ari, Brian Moeran, Jim Valentine Copyright 1990
256 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

Recent years have witnessed an explosive growth in the literature published about Japan. Yet it seems that the more that is written about Japan and Japanism – its culture, society, people – the more mysterious it becomes. 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... Read more

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

Biography

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