"The ethnography of Japan is
currently being reshaped by a new generation of Japanologists, and the present
work certainly deserves a place in this body of literature. . . . The
combination of utility with beauty makes Kondo's book required reading, for
those with an interest not only in Japan but also in reflexive anthropology,
women's studies, field methods, the anthropology of work, social psychology,
Asian Americans, and even modern literature."--Paul H. Noguchi, American
Anthropologist
"Kondo's work is significant because she goes beyond disharmony, insisting on
complexity. Kondo shows that inequalities are not simply oppressive-they are
meaningful ways to establish identities."--Nancy Rosenberger, Journal of
Asian Studies
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