Okubo Diary: Portrait of a Japanese Valley

Brian Moeran

ISBN 10: 0804712964 / ISBN 13: 9780804712965

Published by Stanford University Press, 1985

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: En 'Okubo Diary: Retrato de un valle japonés', Brian Moeran nos ofrece una visión íntima y detallada de la vida en una comunidad rural japonesa. A través de su trabajo de campo etnográfico, Moeran captura las complejidades de las relaciones sociales, las costumbres y las tradiciones de los habitantes del valle de Okubo. Este libro es una valiosa contribución a la antropología y los estudios japoneses, ofreciendo una perspectiva única sobre la vida cotidiana en el Japón rural. EAN: 9780804712965 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: Okubo Diary: Portrait of a Japanese Valley Autor: Brian Moeran Editorial: Stanford University Press Idioma: en Páginas: 257 Formato: tapa dura.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Okubo Diary: Portrait of a Japanese Valley
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804712964
• ISBN 13: 9780804712965
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Como nuevo

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Synopsis

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.