Changing Japanese Suburbia
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Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
In the sprawling residential neighborhoods on the fringes of Japan's great cities, a quiet but profound transformation has been unfolding — one that Eyal Ben-Ari's Changing Japanese Suburbia brings into sharp, compelling focus. This meticulous ethnographic study chronicles the social dynamics, daily rituals, and communal structures of a Japanese suburban community, presenting a nuanced portrait of how modernity, urbanization, and shifting cultural values are reshaping the fabric of everyday life far from the traditional village and the gleaming city center. Ben-Ari grounds his argument in rich fieldwork, illustrating how residents negotiate identity, belonging, and community in an environment that is simultaneously mundane and deeply complex. Drawing on the traditions of cultural anthropology and Japanese studies, Ben-Ari argues that the suburb is not merely a geographical space but a social arena where broader tensions between tradition and modernity, individual aspiration and collective obligation, are played out in intimate and revealing ways. His prose is precise yet evocative, anchoring grand sociological questions in the telling details of neighborhood associations, domestic routines, and local governance. Changing Japanese Suburbia stands as an essential text for anyone seeking to understand the human geography of contemporary Japan — and it leaves the reader wondering what, beneath the surface of the ordinary, is truly in flux.
Author: Eyal Ben-Ari
Format: Hardback
Published: 1991, Kegan Paul International
Genre: Asian history
Edition: First Edition Thus
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
In the sprawling residential neighborhoods on the fringes of Japan's great cities, a quiet but profound transformation has been unfolding — one that Eyal Ben-Ari's Changing Japanese Suburbia brings into sharp, compelling focus. This meticulous ethnographic study chronicles the social dynamics, daily rituals, and communal structures of a Japanese suburban community, presenting a nuanced portrait of how modernity, urbanization, and shifting cultural values are reshaping the fabric of everyday life far from the traditional village and the gleaming city center. Ben-Ari grounds his argument in rich fieldwork, illustrating how residents negotiate identity, belonging, and community in an environment that is simultaneously mundane and deeply complex. Drawing on the traditions of cultural anthropology and Japanese studies, Ben-Ari argues that the suburb is not merely a geographical space but a social arena where broader tensions between tradition and modernity, individual aspiration and collective obligation, are played out in intimate and revealing ways. His prose is precise yet evocative, anchoring grand sociological questions in the telling details of neighborhood associations, domestic routines, and local governance. Changing Japanese Suburbia stands as an essential text for anyone seeking to understand the human geography of contemporary Japan — and it leaves the reader wondering what, beneath the surface of the ordinary, is truly in flux.