Japanese Images of Nature: Cultural Perspectives (NIAS Man and Nature in Asia)

Asquith, Pamela J.

Kalland, Arne

Reference

Routledge

<p>Documents the great diversity in how people perceive their natural environment and how they come to terms with nature, be it through brute force, rituals or idealization. The main message of the book is that 'nature' and the 'natural' are concepts very mu</p>

Treats in considerable detail, the entire history of whaling in Japan and the nature of contemporary coastal whale fishery. It provides a useful context for a wide range of topics which include: the organization of small-type coastal whaling, the commercial and non-commercial distribution of whale meat, the importance of whales as a source of food, social integration, and whaling culture.

Small-Type Coastal Whaling in Japan: Report of an International Workshop (Occasional Publications Series (Inactive))

Politics & Social Sciences

Hardacre, Helen

Manderson, Lenore

Bestor, Theodore C.

Takahashi, Junichi

Befu, Harumi

Freeman, Milton M.R.

Akimichi, Tomoya

Braund, Stephen R.

Iwasaki, Masami

Moeran, Brian D.

Social Sciences

CCI Press, an imprint of University of Alberta Press

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