Anthropological lifetime in Japan : the writings of joy hendry
Ethnology Anthropology Hendry, Joy Japan
Brill
2016
EISBN 9004302875
Preliminary Material.
Introduction.
From Scrambled Messages to an Impromptu Dip: Serendipity in Finding a Field Location.
The Paradox of Friendship in the Field: Analysis of a Long-Term Anglo-Japanese Relationship.
Is Science Maintaining Tradition in Japan?.
The Modification of Tradition in Modern Japanese Weddings and Some Implications for the Social Structure.
Tomodachi kō: Age-Mate Groups in Northern Kyushu.
Shoes: The Early Learning of an Important Distinction in Japanese Society.
“The Fix” in Japanese Society.
Marriage and the Family in Modernising Japan.
The Continuing Case of Japan.
Becoming Japanese: A Social Anthropological View of Child-Rearing.
Kindergartens and the Transition from Home to School Education.
Peer Pressure and Kindergartens in Japan.
Children’s Contests in Japan.
St Valentine and St Nicholas Travel Abroad: Success and Internationalisation in Japanese Education.
Individualism and Individuality: Entry into a Social World.
Bags, Objects and Education in Japan.
Material Objects and Mathematics in the Life of the Japanese Primary School Child.
The Use and Abuse of Politeness Formulae: Some Social Implications.
Respect, Solidarity or Contempt? Politeness and Communication in Modern Japan.
Humidity, Hygiene, or Ritual Care: Some Thoughts on Wrapping as a Social Phenomenon.
To Wrap or not to Wrap: Politeness and Penetration in Ethnographic Inquiry.
The Armour of Honorific Speech: Some Lateral Thinking about Keigo.
Politeness and Formality in Japanese Social Relations.
Order, Elegance and Purity: The Life of the Professional Housewife.
Honorifics as Dialect: The Expression and Manipulation of Boundaries in Japanese.
The Role of the Professional Housewife.
Wrapping and Japanese Presentation: Is this Waste or Care?.
The Sacred Power of Wrapping.
Gardens and the Wrapping of Space in Japan: Some Benefits of a Balinese Insight.
Nature Tamed: Gardens as a Microcosm of Japan’s View of the World.
Who is Representing Whom? Gardens, Theme Parks and the Anthropologist in Japan.
Pine, Ponds and Pebbles: Gardens and Visual Culture.
The Whole World as Heritage? Foreign Country Theme Parks in Japan.
Foreign Country Theme Parks: A New Theme or an Old Japanese Pattern?.
The Japanese Tattoo: Play or Purpose?.
Old Gods, New Pilgrimages: A Whistle-stop Tour of Japanese International Theme Parks.
Shakespeare on Show in Japan: An Anthropological Analysis of Cultural Display.
“The Past, Foreign Countries and Fantasy . . . They All Make for a Good Outing:” Staging the Past in Japan and Some Other Locations.
Nursing in Japan.
Food as Social Nutrition? The Japanese Case.
Drinking and Gender in Japan.
The Ritual of the Revolving Towel.
The Chrysanthemum Continues to Flower: Ruth Benedict and Some Perils of Popular Anthropology.
Building Bridges, Common Ground, and the Role of the Anthropologist.
Japan and Pacific Anthropology: Some Ideas for New Research.
Learning that Emerges in Times of Trouble: A Few Cases from Japan.
Forty Years of Research and Teaching on Japan: A Personal Trajectory.
Joy Hendry’s Full Bibliography.
Index.
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.
Introduction.
From Scrambled Messages to an Impromptu Dip: Serendipity in Finding a Field Location.
The Paradox of Friendship in the Field: Analysis of a Long-Term Anglo-Japanese Relationship.
Is Science Maintaining Tradition in Japan?.
The Modification of Tradition in Modern Japanese Weddings and Some Implications for the Social Structure.
Tomodachi kō: Age-Mate Groups in Northern Kyushu.
Shoes: The Early Learning of an Important Distinction in Japanese Society.
“The Fix” in Japanese Society.
Marriage and the Family in Modernising Japan.
The Continuing Case of Japan.
Becoming Japanese: A Social Anthropological View of Child-Rearing.
Kindergartens and the Transition from Home to School Education.
Peer Pressure and Kindergartens in Japan.
Children’s Contests in Japan.
St Valentine and St Nicholas Travel Abroad: Success and Internationalisation in Japanese Education.
Individualism and Individuality: Entry into a Social World.
Bags, Objects and Education in Japan.
Material Objects and Mathematics in the Life of the Japanese Primary School Child.
The Use and Abuse of Politeness Formulae: Some Social Implications.
Respect, Solidarity or Contempt? Politeness and Communication in Modern Japan.
Humidity, Hygiene, or Ritual Care: Some Thoughts on Wrapping as a Social Phenomenon.
To Wrap or not to Wrap: Politeness and Penetration in Ethnographic Inquiry.
The Armour of Honorific Speech: Some Lateral Thinking about Keigo.
Politeness and Formality in Japanese Social Relations.
Order, Elegance and Purity: The Life of the Professional Housewife.
Honorifics as Dialect: The Expression and Manipulation of Boundaries in Japanese.
The Role of the Professional Housewife.
Wrapping and Japanese Presentation: Is this Waste or Care?.
The Sacred Power of Wrapping.
Gardens and the Wrapping of Space in Japan: Some Benefits of a Balinese Insight.
Nature Tamed: Gardens as a Microcosm of Japan’s View of the World.
Who is Representing Whom? Gardens, Theme Parks and the Anthropologist in Japan.
Pine, Ponds and Pebbles: Gardens and Visual Culture.
The Whole World as Heritage? Foreign Country Theme Parks in Japan.
Foreign Country Theme Parks: A New Theme or an Old Japanese Pattern?.
The Japanese Tattoo: Play or Purpose?.
Old Gods, New Pilgrimages: A Whistle-stop Tour of Japanese International Theme Parks.
Shakespeare on Show in Japan: An Anthropological Analysis of Cultural Display.
“The Past, Foreign Countries and Fantasy . . . They All Make for a Good Outing:” Staging the Past in Japan and Some Other Locations.
Nursing in Japan.
Food as Social Nutrition? The Japanese Case.
Drinking and Gender in Japan.
The Ritual of the Revolving Towel.
The Chrysanthemum Continues to Flower: Ruth Benedict and Some Perils of Popular Anthropology.
Building Bridges, Common Ground, and the Role of the Anthropologist.
Japan and Pacific Anthropology: Some Ideas for New Research.
Learning that Emerges in Times of Trouble: A Few Cases from Japan.
Forty Years of Research and Teaching on Japan: A Personal Trajectory.
Joy Hendry’s Full Bibliography.
Index.
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.
