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Hardcover. Etat : As New. 1st Edition. Unread book in pristine condition. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Issued without dustjacket (laminated boards). Based on seventeen months of ethnographic research among Indonesian eldercare workers in Japan and Indonesia, this book is the first ethnography to research Indonesian care workers' relationships with the cared-for elderly, their Japanese colleagues, and their employers. Through the notion of intimacy, the book brings together sociological and anthropological scholarship on the body, migration, demographic change, and eldercare in a vivid account of societal transformation. Placed against the background of mass media representations, the Indonesian workers' experiences serve as a basis for discussion of the role of bodily experience in shaping the image of a national "other" in Japan.…

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Paperback. Etat : New. Vibrantly engaging contemporary Buddhist lives, this book focuses on the material and financial relations of contemporary monks, temples, and laypeople. It shows that rather than being peripheral, economic exchanges are key to religious debate in Buddhist societies. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in countries ranging from India to Japan, including all three major Buddhist traditions, the book addresses the flows of goods and services between clergy and laity, the management of resources, the treatment of money, and the role of the state in temple economies. Along with documenting ritual and economic practices, these accounts deal with the moral challenges that Buddhist adherents are facing today, thereby bringing lived experience to the study of an often-romanticized religion.…

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PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Etat : New. Based on seventeen months of ethnographic research among Indonesian eldercare workers in Japan and Indonesia, this book is the first ethnography to research Indonesian care workers' relationships with the cared-for elderly, their Japanese colleagues, and their employers. Through the notion of intimacy, the book brings together sociological and anthropological scholarship on the body, migration, demographic change, and eldercare in a vivid account of societal transformation. Placed against the background of mass media representations, the Indonesian workers' experiences serve as a basis for discussion of the role of bodily experience in shaping the image of a national "other" in Japan. …

Paperback. Etat : New. Based on seventeen months of ethnographic research among Indonesian eldercare workers in Japan and Indonesia, this book is the first ethnography to research Indonesian care workers' relationships with the cared-for elderly, their Japanese colleagues, and their employers. Through the notion of intimacy, the book brings together sociological and anthropological scholarship on the body, migration, demographic change, and eldercare in a vivid account of societal transformation. Placed against the background of mass media representations, the Indonesian workers' experiences serve as a basis for discussion of the role of bodily experience in shaping the image of a national "other" in Japan. …

Etat : New. 2021. Paperback. . . . . .

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New. pp. 264.

Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 226pp, bibliography, index, 23.5 x 16cm. A very good hardback copy. "Based on seventeen months of ethnographic research among Indonesian eldercare workers in Japan and Indonesia, this book is the first ethnography to research Indonesian care workers' relationships with the cared-for elderly, their Japanese colleagues, and their employers. Through the notion of intimacy, the book brings together sociological and anthropological scholarship on the body, migration, demographic change, and eldercare in a vivid account of societal transformation. Placed against the background of mass media representations, the Indonesian workers' experiences serve as a basis for discussion of the role of bodily experience in shaping the image of a national "other" in Japan." Publisher's description.…

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New. 2021. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Etat : New.

Etat : New. pp. 264.

Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Based on seventeen months of ethnographic research among Indonesian eldercare workers in Japan and Indonesia, this book is the first ethnography to research Indonesian care workers relationships with the cared-for elderly, their Japanese colleagues, and their employers. Through the notion of intimacy, the book brings together sociological and anthropological scholarship on the body, migration, demographic change, and eldercare in a vivid account of societal transformation. Placed against the background of mass media representations, the Indonesian workers experiences serve as a basis for discussion of the role of bodily experience in shaping the image of a national other in Japan. The first ethnography of non-Japanese workers experiences in the Japanese eldercare sector.Essentialising representations are shown to shape social relations not only in negative ways.Focuses on eldercare institutions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback / softback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Etat : New. pp. 264.

Etat : New. In English.

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Etat : New.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Etat : New. pp. 242.

Etat : New. pp. 242.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 242 pages. 12.20x5.98x0.55 inches. In Stock.

Etat : As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 272 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.