A Companion to the Anthropology of Japan [Paperback]

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• Covers a broad range of issues, including the colonial roots of anthropology in the Japanese academy; eugenics and nation building; majority and minority cultures; genders and sexualities; and fashion and food cultures
  
• Resists stale and misleading stereotypes, by presenting new perspectives on Japanese culture and society
  
• Makes Japanese society accessible to readers unfamiliar with the country

Synopsis of Contents viii

Notes on Contributors xviii

Part I: Introduction 1

1 Introduction: Putting and Keeping Japan in Anthropology 3
Jennifer Robertson

Part II: Cultures, Histories, and Identities 17

2 The Imperial Past of Anthropology in Japan 19
Katsumi Nakao

3 Japanese Archaeology and Cultural Properties Management: Prewar Ideology and Postwar Legacies 36
Walter Edwards

4 Feminism, Timelines, and History-Making 50
Tomomi Yamaguchi

5 Making Majority Culture 59
Roger Goodman

6 Political and Cultural Perspectives on ‘‘Insider’’ Minorities 73
Joshua Hotaka Roth

7 Japan’s Ethnic Minority: Koreans 89
Sonia Ryang

8 Shifting Contours of Class and Status 104
Glenda S. Roberts

9 The Anthropology of Japanese Corporlcd