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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 the effects of Westernization on this community as well a...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. Chapter 4, based on field work conducted in 1974, describ...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 education of children; adolescent behavior and interests;...