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material in a national context, and brings together a great deal of information about Japanese marriage hitherto unpublished in English.
| ISBN: | 9780415595193 |
| Publication date: | 9th September 2010 |
| Author: | Joy Oxford Brookes University, UK Hendry |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 276 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Japan |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Ethnic studies Sociology: family and relationships |