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- About this editionISBN: 9780801499753, 0801499755Page count: 204Published: August 1991Format: PaperbackPublisher: Cornell University PressLanguage: EnglishAuthor: Matthews Masayuki HamabataCreate CitationTable of contents
Matthews Hamabata got off to an unpromising start when he first arrived in Japan to study influential business families. An unmarried, third-generation Japanese-American graduate student, he was there to learn about business executives in their roles as male principals and heads of households. Some Japanese were less than hospitable and often downright rude to him, and the souvenirs bearing the Harvard University emblem that he had brought along for gifts proved to be inappropriate within the highly ritualized system of Japanese gift-giving.
In this engaging and personal narrative, we watch Hamabata in the first disappointing six months of his fieldwork as he attempts to map the boundaries of culture, class, and sexuality. "I became my own biggest fieldwork problem," he write...
Source: PublisherMore about this editionShow lessReviewsReviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identifiedReviews from other sitesAs a graduate student in Japan during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hamabata found himself in an unusual situation--a third-generation Japanese-American, he could pass for a Japanese, but in cultural background he was treated primarily as an outsider. Writing from this dual perspective, Hamabat... MoreOther editions1990Jun 1990Cornell University PressDiane Publishing CompanyHardcoverPaperback191 pages191 pagesCommon terms and phrasesactAmericanancestorsarrangementsaskedassumeAuntauthoritybecamebecomebeganbehaviorbirthbrothercalledcompletelyconceptconcernsconsideredcontinuedcorporateCulturedaughterdeaddeathdefineddependdevelopeconomiceditedeldestemotionalenterpriseestablishedexistenceexperiencefactfatherfeelfeltgiftgivengivingGrandfatherHayashiheadHirokoholdhouseholdhousehold headhumanhusbandieMore terms and phrasesShow lessGet bookBorrowEdit locationCancelCheck availability at libraries near youNo matching city or zip codeAbout the workOriginally published: 1990Subject: Business & Economics / Entrepreneurship, Families -- Case studies -- Japan, Family-owned business enterprises -- Case studies -- Japan, Family-owned business enterprises; Japan; Case studies., Intergenerational relations -- Case studies -- Japan, Intergenerational relations; Japan; Case studies., Japan -- Social life and customs -- Case studies, Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Upper class families -- Case studies -- Japan, Upper class families; Japan; Case studies., Japan -- Case studies -- Social life and customsMOREAuthorMatthews Masayuki HamabataAuthorMatthews Masayuki Hamabata teaches sociology at Haverford College, where he is dean of the college.Search Matthews Masayuki HamabataPublisher