Japan and national anthropology : a critique /

"In an attempt to move away from theoretical trends which identify Japanese cultural boundaries with Japan's nation-state boundaries, consequentially portraying the country as racially homogeneous and culturally unique, Ryang examines: how wartime enemy studies shaped the direction of post...

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Autore principale: Ryang, Sonia
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Serie:RoutledgeCurzon/Asian Studies Association of Australia East Asia series ; 6.
Accesso online:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=115947
Sommario:
  • 1. Anthropology and the war
  • 2. Benedictian myth
  • 3. Occupation anthropology
  • 4. Locating Japanese kinship
  • 5. The emergence of national anthropology
  • 6. The Japanese self.