A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan

ISBN: 978-0-631-22955-1

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544 pages

July 2005, Wiley-Blackwell

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This book is an unprecedented collection of 29 original essays by some of the world’s most distinguished scholars of Japan.

Covers a broad range of issues, including the colonial roots of anthropology in the Japanese academy; eugenics and nation building; majority and minority cultures; genders and sexualities; and fashion and food cultures
Resists stale and misleading stereotypes, by presenting new perspectives on Japanese culture and society
Makes Japanese society accessible to readers unfamiliar with the country