A fascinating exploration of the subculture of Japanese day laborers, whose lives depart radically from the traditions of stability Westerners associate with Japan.
Traphagan (anthropology, California State U.) explores the cultural construction of categories of senility in modern rural Japan. He focuses upon those older people who have managed to maintain social
The 11 studies have been culled from anthropological panels in Philadelphia in 1998 and Boston in 1999. They focus on the relationship between the Japanese family and the problematic demographic trend
