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MARRIAGE IN CHANGING JAPAN
COMMUNITY & SOCIETY |
By: |
Joy Hendry |
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ISBN 10: |
0415595193 |
ISBN 13: |
9780415595193 |
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Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
Pub. date: |
9 September, 2010 |
Series: |
Routledge Library Editions: Japan |
Pages: |
274 |
Description: |
This text provides a detailed and descriptive analysis of the social organisation of, and place of marriage in, one community in Kyushu. Secondly, it analyses this in the light of historical ethnographical writings on Japan, bringing together a great deal of information about Japanese marriage. |
Synopsis: |
This book approaches its subject from two angles. First, there is a detailed and descriptive analysis of the social organisation of, and place of marriage in, one community in Kyushu. To this extent, the study is a regional one and provides valuable ethnographic information. The second angle, however, is to analyse this material in the light of other historical ethnographical writings on Japan, which puts the regional material in a national context, and brings together a great deal of information about Japanese marriage hitherto unpublished in English. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Routledge |
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