Jinsei Annai, "life's guide" : glimpses of Japan through a popular advice column / John A. McKinstry and Asako Nakajima McKinstry.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Armonk, New York : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., c1991Description: 209 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 873327624
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 822.5 .M35 1991
Contents:
CHAPTER 1. Introduction : an advice column as a mirror of Japanese culture? -- CHAPTER 2. Mr. Wrong : complaints against husbands -- CHAPTER 3. Responses to Mr. Wrong -- CHAPTER 4. "I am bothered by relations with others" -- CHAPTER 5. Problems with in-laws -- CHAPTER 6. Additional sources of family tension -- CHAPTER 7. Courtship and affairs of the heart -- CHAPTER 8. Two secondary topics -- CHAPTER 9. Comments in summation.
Summary: A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field.
Item type: Books - Reference
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Books - Reference Books - Reference National University - Manila LRC - Annex Relegation Room General Education REF DS 822.5 .M35 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000004378

CHAPTER 1. Introduction : an advice column as a mirror of Japanese culture? -- CHAPTER 2. Mr. Wrong : complaints against husbands -- CHAPTER 3. Responses to Mr. Wrong -- CHAPTER 4. "I am bothered by relations with others" -- CHAPTER 5. Problems with in-laws -- CHAPTER 6. Additional sources of family tension -- CHAPTER 7. Courtship and affairs of the heart -- CHAPTER 8. Two secondary topics -- CHAPTER 9. Comments in summation.

A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field.

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