Background
Lebra, Takie Sugiyama was born on February 6, 1930 in Shizuoka, Japan. Came to the United States, 1958.
( This latest work from Japanese-born anthropologist Taki...)
This latest work from Japanese-born anthropologist Takie Sugiyama Lebra is the first ethnographic study of the modern Japanese aristocracy. Established as a class at the beginning of the Meiji period, the kazoku ranked directly below the emperor and his family. Officially dissolved in 1947, this group of social elites is still generally perceived as nobility. Lebra gained entry into this tightly knit circle and conducted more than one hundred interviews with its members. She has woven together a reconstructive ethnography from their life histories to create an intimate portrait of a remote and archaic world. As Lebra explores the culture of the kazoku, she places each subject in its historical context. She analyzes the evolution of status boundaries and the indispensable role played by outsiders. But this book is not simply about the elite. It is also about commoners and how each stratum mirrors the other. Revealing previously unobserved complexities in Japanese society, it also sheds light on the universal problem of social stratification.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520076028/?tag=2022091-20
(Examines beliefs and values generally shared by the Japan...)
Examines beliefs and values generally shared by the Japanese and the importance they place on social interactions, relationships, and proper conduct.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824804600/?tag=2022091-20
Lebra, Takie Sugiyama was born on February 6, 1930 in Shizuoka, Japan. Came to the United States, 1958.
Bachelor, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, 1954. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1967.
Lecturer, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1968-1971; associate professor, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1971-1978; professor, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1978-1996; professor emeritus, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, since 1996.
(Examines beliefs and values generally shared by the Japan...)
( This latest work from Japanese-born anthropologist Taki...)
( This latest work from Japanese-born anthropologist Taki...)
Married William P. Lebra (deceased January 1986).