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TakashimaBook 1954 • Norbeck, Edward
Okayama • Asia > East Asia
This work is an ethnographic study of a small Japanese fishing community located on Takashima Island in the Inland Sea within the boundaries of Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Emphasis is placed on...Changing Japanbook chapter 1976 • Norbeck, Edward
Okayama • Asia > East Asia
This source contains the chapters from Norbeck's book which deal with the hamlet of Takashima. Chapter 2 describes the life of a household in the predominantly fishing hamlet of ca. 1950-1951....Child training in a Japanese fishing communityarticle 1956 • Norbeck, Edward & Norbeck, Margaret
Okayama • Asia > East Asia
This source, whose authors are professional anthropologists, is informed by a year of field research. Its scope is broad, including data on pregnancy; childbirth; care, treatment, training and...