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Family and social policy in Japan : anthropological approaches / edited by Roger Goodman.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Contemporary Japanese societyNew York: Cambridge University Press 2002Description: xvii, 237 p. : illContent type:
  • txt
Media type:
  • n
Carrier type:
  • nv
ISBN:
  • 0521815711
  • 0521016355 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GN635 .FAM 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgements xiii Contributors xv A note to the reader xvii Anthropology, policy and the study of Japan 1 (28) Roger Goodman Toward a cultural biography of civil society in Japan 29 (25) Victoria Lyon Bestor Pinning hopes on angels: reflections from an aging Japan's urban landscape 54 (38) Glenda S. Roberts Reproducing identity: maternal and child healthcare for foreigners in Japan 92 (19) Carolyn S. Stevens Setsuko Lee State, standardisation and `normal' children: an anthropological study of a preschool 111 (20) Eyal Ben-Ari Child abuse in Japan: `discovery' and the development of policy 131 (25) Roger Goodman Touching of the hearts: an overview of programmes to promote interaction between the generations in Japan 156 (21) Leng Leng Thang Death policies in Japan: the state, the family, and the individual 177 (23) Yohko Tsuji Embodiment, citizenship and social policy in contemporary Japan 200 (30) Vera Mackie Index 230
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Illustrations
xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Contributors xv
A note to the reader xvii
Anthropology, policy and the study of Japan
1 (28)
Roger Goodman
Toward a cultural biography of civil society in Japan
29 (25)
Victoria Lyon Bestor
Pinning hopes on angels: reflections from an aging Japan's urban landscape
54 (38)
Glenda S. Roberts
Reproducing identity: maternal and child healthcare for foreigners in Japan
92 (19)
Carolyn S. Stevens
Setsuko Lee
State, standardisation and `normal' children: an anthropological study of a preschool
111 (20)
Eyal Ben-Ari
Child abuse in Japan: `discovery' and the development of policy
131 (25)
Roger Goodman
Touching of the hearts: an overview of programmes to promote interaction between the generations in Japan
156 (21)
Leng Leng Thang
Death policies in Japan: the state, the family, and the individual
177 (23)
Yohko Tsuji
Embodiment, citizenship and social policy in contemporary Japan
200 (30)
Vera Mackie
Index 230

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