An Anthropologist in Japan(English, Paperback, Hendry Joy)

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An Anthropologist in Japan(English, Paperback, Hendry Joy) is written by Hendry Joy and published by Taylor & Francis Ltd. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0415195748 (ISBN 10) and 9780415195744 (ISBN 13).

In this highly personal account Joy Hendry relates her experiences of fieldwork in a Japanese town and reveals a fascinating cross-section of Japanese life. She sets out on a study of politeness but a variety of unpredictable events including a volcanic eruption, a suicide and her son's involvement with the family of a poweful local gangster, begin to alter the direction of her research. The book demonstrates the role of chance in the acquisition of anthropological knowledge and demonstrates how moments of insight can be embedded in everyday activity. An Anthropologist in Japan illuminates the education system, religious beliefs, politics, the family and the neighbourhood in modern Japan.