Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

9/1/1983 - 8/31/1988

Funding Totals

$54,912.00 (approved)
$54,912.00 (awarded)


Images of Japan: Cultural Analysis of Popular Literature Written by Scholars

FAIN: RO-20504-83

Stanford University (Stanford, CA 94305-2004)
Harumi Befu (Project Director: April 1982 to February 1989)

To support an analysis of the popular "bunkaron" publications in Japan. A cultural anthropologist will study how Japanese intellectuals portray the Japanese culture, society, and national character in writing for the general public.