Understanding Japanese Society
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- JAP105G Þjóðfélag og menning I.
Ensk lýsing:
With the ever growing contact between Japan and the rest of the world comes an increasingly important need to understand a society that is fascinating but still often confusing to the outsider. In this brand new fourth edition of Understanding Japanese Society Joy Hendry brings the reader up to date both with recent changes as Japan hit the world headlines under the triple 2011 disasters, and with underlying continuities in ways of thinking that have matured over a long history of dealing with foreign influences and an unpredictable environment.
This welcome new edition of Hendry’s bestselling introductory textbook provides a clear, accessible and readable introduction to Japanese society which does not require any previous knowledge of the country. Fully updated, revised and expanded, the fourth edition contains new material on: the effects of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters of 2011 a renewed interest in politics and popular participation increased frequency of local spiritual support as unemployment continues to grow, and marriage gets later and later the effects of a dramatic drop in the birth rate on Japan’s education system the continuing global success of Japanese animation, manga and computer games despite a turn away from international travel the cool new Ainu, the attraction of healing Okinawa, and changes among other Japanese minorities a new role for Japanese fathers in child-rearing This book will be invaluable to all students studying Japan.
Lýsing:
In this welcome brand new fifth edition of the bestselling textbook Understanding Japanese Society, Joy Hendry takes the reader into the heart of Japanese life. Providing a clear and accessible introduction to Japanese ways of thinking, which does not require any previous knowledge of the country, this book explores Japanese society through the worlds of home, work, play, religion and ritual, covering a full range of life experiences, from childhood to old age.
It also examines the diversity of people living in Japan, the effects of a growing number of new immigrants, and role of the longest-standing Japanese prime-minister Shinzo Abe. Fully updated, revised and expanded, the fifth edition contains new material on: the continued effects of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters of 2011 local examples of care for nature and the environment new perspectives on the role of women Japan’s place in the context of globalisation.
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- Höfundur: Joy Hendry
- Útgáfa:5
- Útgáfudagur: 2019-07-09
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- Format:ePub
- ISBN 13: 9781351179898
- Print ISBN: 9780815385875
- ISBN 10: 1351179896
Efnisyfirlit
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Figures
- From the Field
- Series editors’ preface
- Acknowledgements for the fifth edition
- Introduction
- Reference
- 1 Sources of Japanese identity: Historical and mythological foundations of Japan
- Introduction
- Geographical and archaeological identity
- Mythological origins of Japan
- Chinese historical accounts of the ancient period
- Japanese history recorded: the aristocratic age
- Feudalism and bushidō
- The Tokugawa (or Edo) Period
- From the Meiji Period (1868–1912) to the Second World War
- From the Field: The introduction of modern science and technology
- Defeat and success
- Identity in a globalised Japan
- References and further reading
- 2 The house and family system
- Introduction
- The ie
- Relations between ie
- The ie’s legal demise
- The religious charter
- Domestic arrangements
- Interpersonal relations between the generations
- Male–female relations
- From the Field: Views of housewives in contemporary Japan
- The family as a model
- References and further reading
- 3 Socialisation and classification
- Introduction
- Uchi and soto
- Tatemae and honne
- Harmony: reciprocity and hierarchy
- Reciprocity
- Hierarchy
- Kindergarten: equality
- Peer group pressure
- Cooperation
- Self-development
- Self in the world
- From the Field: Food allergies, illness and personhood in Japan
- The body and health in Japan
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- 4 Community and neighbourhood
- Introduction
- Japan’s administrative divisions
- Rural community life
- Urban neighbourhoods
- Decline and regeneration of community life
- From the Field: Rebuilding community life in rural Japan: the case of Tomonoura
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- 5 The education system
- Introduction
- Comprehensive education for all
- Selection for high school and beyond
- Inequality and supplementary provision
- From the Field: Local government involvement with education
- School and social divisions
- Higher education
- Educational reform
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- 6 Status, hierarchy and ethnic diversity
- Introduction
- Expressions of hierarchy in modern Japan
- Hierarchy in Japanese history
- Marginality, ethnicity and continuing status differentials
- From the Field: New Chinese socialities in Japan
- Broader principles of hierarchical order
- Relativity
- Ranking within social groups
- Status in the wider world and the influence of gender
- Status manipulation — wrapping
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- 7 Religious influences
- Introduction
- Shinto
- Buddhism
- From the Field: Buddhist lifelines during the aftermath of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake
- Folk religion, Taoism and healing
- Confucianism
- Christianity
- ‘New religions’ and ‘new’ new religions
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- 8 Ritual and the life cycle
- Introduction
- Birth and childhood
- Entry into adulthood
- Marriage
- Years of calamity (yakudoshi)
- Retirement and old age
- From the Field: Coping with the spirits of unsettled death
- Death and memorial celebrations
- Syncretic aspects of life-cycle ceremonies
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- 9 Opportunities for working life
- Introduction
- Company and public employment
- From the Field: Women with professional careers in Japan’s male-dominated corporate world
- Small and medium enterprises
- Family occupations
- Social security provisions
- Women’s careers
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Introduction
- 10 Arts, entertainment and leisure
- Introduction
- History and social organisation within the arts
- From the Field: A puff of fairy dust: drag queens of the Osaka stage
- Accomplishments and ‘popular culture’
- Geisha and the water trade (mizu shōbai)
- Cool Japan, youth and popular entertainment
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- 11 Government and the craft of politics
- Introduction
- Government institutions
- From the Field: Contested emperorship
- Electoral system
- The parties and some recent realignment
- Politicians and their paths to success
- Popular participation in politics
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- 12 The legal system and social control in a global world
- Introduction
- Laws and courts
- Alternative responses to dispute
- Positive methods of maintaining order
- From the Field: The Great Eastern Japan Disaster of 2011: how it damaged social control and social trust
- The police system
- Organised crime
- Global dimension
- Conclusion
- References and further reading
- Conclusion
- From the Field: The world in Japan
- References and further reading
- Index
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