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1. Ceremony and Ritual in Japan

   Religious Practices in an Industrialized Society

   Edited by D. P. Martinez, Jan Van Bremen

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   Japan is one of the most urbanised and industrialised countries in the world. Yet the Japanese continue to practise a variety of religious rituals and ceremonies despite the high-tech, highly regimented nature of Japanese society. Ceremony and Ritual in Japan focuses on the traditional and...

   Published November 10th 2011 by Routledge
2. Asian Anthropology

   Edited by Jan Van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari, Syed Farid Alatas

   Series: Anthropology of Asia

   Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a universal standard or trajectory for the development of anthropology in Asia, the contributors to this...

   Published August 20th 2009 by Routledge
3. Ceremony & Ritual In Japan

   Edited by D.P. Martinez, Jan Van Bremen

   Published November 10th 2004 by Routledge
4. Anthropology and Colonialism in Asia

   Comparative and Historical Colonialism

   By Jan van Bremen, Akitoshi Shimizu

   Series: Anthropology of Asia

   For a time it was almost a cliche to say that anthropology was a handmaiden of colonialism - by which was usually meant 'Western' colonialism. And this insinuation was assumed to somehow weaken the theoretical claims of anthropology and its fieldwork achievements.What this collection demonstrates...

   Published December 8th 1998 by Routledge