Origin Of Ethnography In Japan / Edition 1

by Kawada

Overview

Yanagita Kunio (1872-1962) is widely known as the founder of folklore studies in Japan, and his achievement in presenting a systematic framework for the discipline is highly valued amongst academic writings. However, many of his ideas still need to be examined, and in recent years there has been a renewal of interest in his works, especially among scholars of intellectual history. ; This re-evaluation of his achievements is generally attributable to the current view that Yanagita retained an independent position as an intellectual struggling to solve the various problems that dominated Japan in the years of great change from Meiji and Taisho to Showa. First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138879270
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/22/2019
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1 Structure of Agro-Politics in the Early Works of Yanagita, 2 Yanagita’s Early Writings on Japan’s Folk Religion, 3 Yanagita’s Theory of Regional Reform, 4 Some Aspects of Yanagita’s Political Theory, 5 On the Methodology of Yanagita Ethnography, 6 Problems Concerning the Idea of Communality in the Writings of Yanagita.