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- catalog abstract "Joy Hendry tells the story of a 9 month period of fieldwork in a Japanese seaside town. There to study politeness, she had to deal with a suicide, a volcanic erruption and her son's friendship with the son of a powerful local gangster.".
- catalog contributor b11045404.
- catalog coverage "Japan Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 155) and index.".
- catalog description "Joy Hendry tells the story of a 9 month period of fieldwork in a Japanese seaside town. There to study politeness, she had to deal with a suicide, a volcanic erruption and her son's friendship with the son of a powerful local gangster.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Settling in and making contacts. 1. Arrival ... and an invitation. 2. The neighbourhood: a 'world of blossom and willow'. 3. The hospital ... and a strange encounter. 4. The school ... and a fight. 5. A pilgrims' trail. 6. Shiroyama, the Satomi legend and a new look at power -- pt. II. Events to attend. 7. Wrapping the body: two local festivals. 8. The housewives' 'Club for Life'. 9. Cubs, sports and a shock. 10. Suicide, funerals and the well-wrapped gift. 11. Paper walls and flowers at the bank -- pt. III. The role of experts. 12. A foreigner at the 'Culture Festival'. 13. 'Your Japanese is psychological torture'. 14. A volcanic eruption. 15. Tennis and the 'surreal' dinner.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 167 p. :".
- catalog identifier "041519573X (hb)".
- catalog identifier "0415195748 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "ASA research methods in social anthropology (Routledge (Firm))".
- catalog isPartOf "ASA research methods in social anthropology".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Japan Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Japan".
- catalog spatial "Japan.".
- catalog subject "306/.0952 21".
- catalog subject "Ethnology Fieldwork Japan.".
- catalog subject "Ethnology Japan Field work.".
- catalog subject "GN635.J2 H45 1999".
- catalog subject "Hendry, Joy.".
- catalog subject "Women ethnologists Japan Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Settling in and making contacts. 1. Arrival ... and an invitation. 2. The neighbourhood: a 'world of blossom and willow'. 3. The hospital ... and a strange encounter. 4. The school ... and a fight. 5. A pilgrims' trail. 6. Shiroyama, the Satomi legend and a new look at power -- pt. II. Events to attend. 7. Wrapping the body: two local festivals. 8. The housewives' 'Club for Life'. 9. Cubs, sports and a shock. 10. Suicide, funerals and the well-wrapped gift. 11. Paper walls and flowers at the bank -- pt. III. The role of experts. 12. A foreigner at the 'Culture Festival'. 13. 'Your Japanese is psychological torture'. 14. A volcanic eruption. 15. Tennis and the 'surreal' dinner.".
- catalog title "An anthropologist in Japan : glimpses of life in the field / Joy Hendry.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".