Okubo Diary (Routledge Revivals)

Portrait of a Japanese Valley

By:

Brian Moeran

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Routledge Revivals

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First published in 1985, this Routledge Revival is a lively and colourful account of life in the Japanese countryside, as seen through the eyes of an anthropologist who did fieldwork there for four years. Part journal, part ethnographic observation, part social and moral commentary, this very personal and sensitive book depicts not only the intricate relationships among the valley people, but also those between them and the anthropologist who has come from the outside world to study them. The book has a dual purpose: to portray the intimate, day-to-day lives of people living in a remote part of Japan, and to describe how one anthropologist tries -- and eventually fails -- to "become at one" with his informants. Throughout, the book questions the premises of participant observation, which has become a mainstay of modern anthropology.

Release date NZ

November 29th, 2011

Author

Brian Moeran

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Pages

262

Series

Routledge Revivals

ISBN-13

9780415590051

Product ID

10341952

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