Chigusa Yamaura
Chigusa Yamaura is a sociocultural anthropologist, specializing in contemporary Japanese and Chinese society. She is a Departmental Lecturer and Junior Research Fellow at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and a Junior Research Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.
Interviews with Chigusa Yamaura
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Lovesick Japan: Sex, Marriage, Romance, Law
by Mark D West -
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Nightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club
by Anne Allison -
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Dancing with the Dead: Memory, Performance in Everyday Life in Post-war Okinawa
by Christopher T Nelson -
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Robo Sapiens Japanicus: Robots, Gender, Family, and the Japanese Nation
by Jennifer Robertson -
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Depression in Japan: Psychiatric Cures for a Society in Distress
by Junko Kitanaka
The best books on Japan, recommended by Chigusa Yamaura
The best books on Japan, recommended by Chigusa Yamaura
Japan is one of the world’s most technologically advanced industrial societies, but it is organised around very conservative social and familial paradigms, says the Japanese sociocultural anthropologist Chigusa Yamaura. Here she selects five books that throw light on a fascinating country and culture.
