A Japanese village : Suye Mura / by John F. Embree.
First published in 1998.
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| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Series: | International library of sociology.
Sociology of East Asia ; 5. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Introduction; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Chapter I. Historical Background; Chapter II. Village Organization; Geographical Orientation; Suye Mura and Near-by Towns; Village and Hamlet; The Organization of the buraku; Formation of a New buraku; The Co-operative Neighbourhood Group; Agricultural Products, Tools, and Machines; The Seasons; Village Specialists; Mura Unifiers; Population, Immigration, and Emigration; Changing Range of the Villagers' World; Chapter III. Family and Household; Family and Adoption.
- The HouseholdParties and Banquets; Songs and Dances; Chapter IV. Forms of Co-operation; Introduction; Rotating Responsibility; Civic Co-operation; Helping Co-operation; Exchange Labour; Co-operative Credit Clubs; Exchange; Chapter V. Social Classes and Associations; Social Classes; Associations; Social Sanctions; Avoidance; Misfits; Geisha; Chapter VI. The Life-History of the Individual; Birth; Education and School; Adolescence; Conscription; Marriage; Sixty-first Birthday; Death; Chapter VII. Religion; Introduction; Shinto; Buddhism; The Popular Gods; Stones, Images, and Wayside Offerings.
- Healing PriestsBewitchment, Dog Spirits, and Foxes; Beliefs Surrounding the Three Crises of Life; The Yearly Festival Calendar; Chapter VIII. Changes Observable in the Social Organization of Suye Mura; I. Economic Base; Appendices; II. Household Expenses; III. Talks at a Meeting To Encourage Taxpaying; IV. Speech of Shinshū Priest; V. Speech of Shinto Priest; Bibliography; Index.