From being an important centre which attracted a large number of merchants during the feudal period, Shingū, on the northern shores of Kyushu is today a suburb of Fukuoka City. Fishing is a slowly-dying occupation and this volume analyses how the fishermen adjust to changing circumstances. Although Japan is the largest fishing nation in the world, when originally published this book was the first to be published in English which focussed on the composition and role performance of the crews and larger net-groups. This analysis has been set in an historical perspective, showing how the vertical structures during the Tokugawa period have changed to more egalitarian structures where much energy is spent to hinder the development of any new hierarchy.   

Shingu: A Study of a Japanese Fishing Community (Routledge Library Editions: Japan, Vol. 75)

Kalland, Arne

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This book gives a social anthropological account of whaling culture in Japan. When originally published this was the first comprehensive account in English of the history of Japanese whaling, showing how it has given rise to a particular culture. The volume discusses what happens when that culture is threatened. At the same time as explaining the work organization of those involved in whaling, the role of whaling companies in local and national economies, and the role of the whale in the establishment and maintenance of local community identity (ritual, food, gift-giving), the authors address the wider political and so-called "environmental" issues surrounding whaling in general, and Japanese whaling in particular.   

Japanese Whaling?: End of an Era

Moeran, Brian

This book gives a social anthropological account of whaling culture in Japan. When originally published this was the first comprehensive account in English of the history of Japanese whaling, showing how it has given rise to a particular culture. The volume discusses what happens when that culture is threatened. At the same time as explaining the work organization of those involved in whaling, the role of whaling companies in local and national economies, and the role of the whale in the establishment and maintenance of local community identity (ritual, food, gift-giving), the authors address the wider political and so-called "environmental" issues surrounding whaling in general, and Japanese whaling in particular.

Shingu

This highly acclaimed, 'bold and refreshing' collection of essays takes a critical look at Asians' perception of their natural environments as well as at Western views of Asia in this respect.

Asian Perceptions of Nature: A Critical Approach (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 18)

Bruun, Ole

This highly acclaimed, 'bold and refreshing' collection of essays takes a critical look at Asians' perception of their natural environments as well as at Western views of Asia in this respect.

Asian Perceptions of Nature: A Critical Approach (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies)

This is the first full-length presentation of Japan's pre-industrial fishing culture and a careful application of anthropological method to historical research. Shows that Tokugawa Japan's fishing villages were critical to Japan's economic development, being key links between towns and farming communities.

Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies: Studies in Asian Topics)

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

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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

This volume paints a general picture of the environmental situation in Asia, backing it up with several case studies. Two major points are made in this general picture. The first is that environmental campaigns in Asia tend to have a local focus; they react to very concrete problems in the immediate neighbourhood and as such usually people are engaged in a cause for practical rather than idealistic reasons. Such can be seen in case studies from the volume dealing with campaigns against logging and tree plantations, tourist facilities and factories and in support or defence of nature reserves. This pattern is in marked contrast to the profile of the most successful Western movements (in terms of fund-raising at least) for whom the focus is on perceived problems in distant parts of the world. The second point is evidence in several of the case studies in the volume, namely that environmental campaigns cannot be understood in terms of environmental issues alone. Rather, they should be regarded as a form of cultural critique and frequently are a form of political resistance in situations where open political action is too risky.

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Shingu: A Study of a Japanese Fishing Community (Routledge Library Editions: Japan, Vol. 75)

Japanese Whaling?: End of an Era

Japanese Whaling

Shingu

Asian Perceptions of Nature: A Critical Approach (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, 18)

Asian Perceptions of Nature: A Critical Approach (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies)

Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies: Studies in Asian Topics)

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

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

Environmental Movements in Asia (Man and Nature, No. 4)