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9781405182898

A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan

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    9781405182898

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    140518289X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-03-10
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This book is an unprecedented collection of original essays by some of the field's most distinguished scholars of Japan that, taken together, offers a comprehensive overview of the field.

Author Biography

Jennifer Robertson is Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan. Robertson has published many articles and book chapters on a wide spectrum of subjects ranging from the seventeenth century to the present. Her most recent research projects include Japanese colonial culture-making, eugenic modernity, war art, and comparative bioethics. She is the author of Native and Newcomer: Making and Unmaking a Japanese City (1991), Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan (1998), and editor of Same-Sex Cultures and Sexualities: An Anthropological Reader (Blackwell, 2004). She is finishing a new book, Blood and Beauty: Eugenic Modernity and Empire in Japan.

Table of Contents

Synopsis of Contentsp. viii
Notes on Contributorsp. xviii
Introductionp. 1
Introduction: Putting and Keeping Japan in Anthropologyp. 3
Cultures, Histories, and Identitiesp. 17
The Imperial Past of Anthropology in Japanp. 19
Japanese Archaeology and Cultural Properties Management: Prewar Ideology and Postwar Legaciesp. 36
Feminism, Timelines, and History-Makingp. 50
Making Majority Culturep. 59
Political and Cultural Perspectives on "Insider" Minoritiesp. 73
Japan's Ethnic Minority: Koreansp. 89
Shifting Contours of Class and Statusp. 104
The Anthropology of Japanese Corporate Managementp. 125
Fashioning Cultural Identity: Body and Dressp. 153
Genders and Sexualitiesp. 167
Geographies and Boundaries, Spaces and Sentimentsp. 183
On the "Nature" of Japanese Culture, or, Is There a Japanese Sense of Nature?p. 185
The Rural Imaginary: Landscape, Village, Traditionp. 201
Tokyo's Third Rebuilding: New Twists on Old Patternsp. 218
Japan's Global Village: A View from the World of Leisurep. 231
Socialization, Assimilation, and Identificationp. 245
Formal Caring Alternatives: Kindergartens and Day-Care Centersp. 247
Post-Compulsory Schooling and the Legacy of Imperialismp. 261
Theorizing the Cultural Importance of Play: Anthropological Approaches to Sports and Recreation of Japanp. 279
Popular Entertainment and the Music Industryp. 297
There's More than Manga: Popular Nonfiction Books and Magazinesp. 314
Body, Blood, Self, and Nationp. 327
Biopower: Blood, Kinship, and Eugenic Marriagep. 329
The Ie (Family) in Global Perspectivep. 355
Constrained Person and Creative Agent: A Dying Student's Narrative of Self and Othersp. 380
Nation, Citizenship, and Cinemap. 400
Culinary Culture and the Making of a National Cuisinep. 415
Religion and Science, Beliefs and Bioethicsp. 429
Historical, New, and "New" New Religionsp. 431
Folk Religion and its Contemporary Issuesp. 452
Women Scientists and Gender Ideologyp. 467
Preserving Moral Order: Responses to Biomedical Technologiesp. 483
Indexp. 501
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