A companion to the anthropology of Japan. (reprint, 2005).9781405182898 A companion to the anthropology of Japan. (reprint reprint An individually bound copy of an article in a journal or science communication , 2005) Ed. by Jennifer Robertson. Blackwell Publishing 2008 518 pages $50.00 Paperback Blackwell companions to anthropology; 5 GN635 This is a paperbound pa·per·bound adj. Bound in paper; paperback. reprint of a 2005 book. Japanese and western anthropologists draw on a wide range of approaches and theories and the perspective of their particular specialties to offer a broad view of Japan, the country, the cultures, and the peoples. They cover cultures, histories, and identities; geographies and boundaries, spaces and sentiments; socialization socialization /so·cial·iza·tion/ (so?shal-i-za´shun) the process by which society integrates the individual and the individual learns to behave in socially acceptable ways. so·cial·i·za·tion n. , assimilation Assimilation The absorption of stock by the public from a new issue. Notes: Underwriters hope to sell all of a new issue to the public. See also: Issuer, Underwriting Assimilation , and identification; body, blood, self, and nation; and religion and science, beliefs and bioethics bioethics, in philosophy, a branch of ethics concerned with issues surrounding health care and the biological sciences. These issues include the morality of abortion, euthanasia, in vitro fertilization, and organ transplants (see transplantation, medical). . Among specific topics are the imperial past of anthropology in Japan, whether there is a Japanese sense of nature, theorizing the cultural importance of sports and recreation, culinary culture and the making of a national cuisine, and women scientists and gender ideology. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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