Wearing Cultural Styles in Japan: Concepts of Tradition and Modernity in Practice

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Wearing Cultural Styles in Japan Wearing Cultural Styles in Japan Concepts of Tradition and Modernity in Practice Edited by Christopher S. Thompson and John W. Traphagan State University of New York Press Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2006 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 194 Washington Avenue, Suite 305, Albany, NY 12210-2384 Production by Judith Block Marketing by Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wearing cultural styles in Japan : concepts of tradition and modernity in practice / edited by Christopher Thompson and John W. Traphagan. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-6697-3 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Japan—Social conditions—1945– 2. Japan—Civilization—1945– 3. Social change—Japan. 4. Culture and globalization—Japan. I. Thompson, Christopher, 1962– II. Traphagan, John W. HN723.5.W43 2006 952.04—dc22 2005012104 ISBN-13: 978-0-7914-6697-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In memory of Jackson H. Bailey Contents Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Part I The Political Economy of Social Change in To – hoku Japan Chapter 1 The Practice of Tradition and Modernity 2 in Contemporary Japan John W. Traphagan and Christopher S. Thompson Chapter 2 The Social Impact of Rural–Urban Shift: 25 Some Akita Examples John A. Mock Chapter 3 Rice Revolutions and Farm Families in To – hoku: 47 Why Is Farming Culturally Central and Economically Marginal? William W. Kelly Part II Wearing Tradition and Wearing Modernity: Negotiating Paths of Social Change Chapter 4 Young Women Making Lives in Northeast Japan 76 Nancy R. Rosenberger Chapter 5 Negotiating Internationalization in Kitasawa 96 Tomoko Watanabe Traphagan vii Chapter 6 Preserving the Ochiai Deer Dance: Tradition 124 and Continuity in a To – hoku Hamlet Christopher S. Thompson Chapter 7 Heartbreak’s Destination: To – hoku in the Poetic 151 Discourse of Enka Debra J. Occhi Chapter 8 Tradition and Modernity Merged in Tsugaru 171 Nuri Lacquerware: Perspectives of Preservation and Promotion, Production and Consumption Anthony S. Rausch Chapter 9 Epilogue: To – hoku: A Place 196 L. Keith Brown Contributors 207 Name Index 209 Subject Index 213 viii Contents ...