An Anthropological lifetime in Japan

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An Anthropological lifetime in Japan is written by Joy Hendry and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004302875 (ISBN 10) and 9789004302877 (ISBN 13).

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.