Japanese Whaling And The People Behind It

Author : Nadzeya Shutava
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003853633

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Japanese Whaling and the People Behind It by Nadzeya Shutava Pdf

This book explores the recent developments in global and Japanese whaling from the viewpoint of the members of the Japanese whaling community, a perspective that is largely neglected and misinterpreted. Japanese whaling has been one of the most contentious issues in global environmental governance in recent years, and Japan is often harshly criticized for its whaling programs. By distinguishing between the different whaling-related actors and their experiences, this book widens our understanding of why whaling programs continue to exist. Rich in ethnographic data, the book includes in-depth interviews with representatives of the Japanese whaling community, from government officials to fishermen, shedding light on what whaling represents, both historically and today. As an ethnographic study of a divisive and controversial subject, this book will appeal to a wide range of students and scholars, including, but not limited to, those interested in Japanese studies, anthropology, political science, and ocean resource management.

Author : Nadzeya Shuteva
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1003255035

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Japanese Whaling and the People Behind it by Nadzeya Shuteva Pdf

This book explores the recent developments in global and Japanese whaling from the viewpoint of the members of the Japanese whaling community, a perspective that is largely neglected and misinterpreted. Japanese whaling has been one of the most contentious issues in global environmental governance in recent years, and Japan is often harshly criticized for its whaling programs. By distinguishing between the different whaling-related actors and their experiences, this book widens our understanding of why whaling programs continue to exist. Rich in ethnographic data, the book includes in-depth interviews with representatives of the Japanese whaling community, from government officials to fishermen, shedding light on what whaling represents, both historically and today. As an ethnographic study of a divisive and controversial subject, this book will appeal to a wide range of students and scholars, including, but not limited to, those interested in Japanese studies, anthropology, political science, and ocean resource management.

Author : Hiroyuki Watanabe
Publisher : ISBS
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 1876843756

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Japan's Whaling by Hiroyuki Watanabe Pdf

Hiroyuki Watanabe investigates how the numerous relationships between people and whales in Japan become reduced to the single relationship of killing whales for their meat. He argues that from the introduction of Norwegian whaling technology at the end of the nineteenth century, through the Russo-Japanese War and Japan's windfall acquisition of the Korea-based Russian whaling fleet, to the end of the Second World War, Japanese whaling was closely bound to Japanese imperialism. He questions the assertion that whaling is 'traditional Japanese culture' and demonstrates how the same whaling discourse that in the past drove some whale species to the brink of extinction, today continues to fuel the rhetoric of the Japanese whaling debate. Book jacket.

Author : Arne Kalland,Brian Moeran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Whalers (Persons)
ISBN : UVA:35007000484810

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Japanese Whaling by Arne Kalland,Brian Moeran Pdf

The aim of this book is to give a social anthropological account of whaling in Japan. Presents the history of Japanese whaling, showing how it has given rise to a particular kind of culture, and discusses what happens when that culture is threatened. Explains the work organization of those employed in whaling; the role of whaling companies in local and national economies; and the role of the whale in the establishment and maintenance of locacommunity identity (ritual, food, gift giving).

Author : Tomoya Akimichi,Boreal Institute for Northern Studies,Japan Social Sciences Association of Canada
Publisher : Canadian Circumpolar Institute
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:35007004196352

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Small-Type Coastal Whaling in Japan by Tomoya Akimichi,Boreal Institute for Northern Studies,Japan Social Sciences Association of Canada Pdf

Includes chapters on the history of whaling in Japan, uses of whale meat and social integration and whaling culture. Appendices include Japanese and English names for several whale species, whale meat in Japanese food culture, the impact of the whaling moratorium, etc.

Author : Jakobina K. Arch
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295743301

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Bringing Whales Ashore by Jakobina K. Arch Pdf

Japan today defends its controversial whaling expeditions by invoking tradition—but what was the historical reality? In examining the techniques and impacts of whaling during the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), Jakobina Arch shows that the organized, shore-based whaling that first developed during these years bore little resemblance to modern Japanese whaling. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from whaling ledgers to recipe books and gravestones for fetal whales, she traces how the images of whales and by-products of commercial whaling were woven into the lives of people throughout Japan. Economically, Pacific Ocean resources were central in supporting the expanding Tokugawa state. In this vivid and nuanced study of how the Japanese people brought whales ashore during the Tokugawa period, Arch makes important contributions to both environmental and Japanese history by connecting Japanese whaling to marine environmental history in the Pacific, including the devastating impact of American whaling in the nineteenth century.

Author : Len Varley
Publisher : BalboaPress
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781452502410

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Salt Water Tears by Len Varley Pdf

In 2009, a documentary movie called The Cove focused the spotlight of world attention on the tiny coastal village of Taiji, Japan. Lauded as the birthplace of Japanese whaling, present day Taiji hosts a secretive industry of marine mammal exploitation. This diminutive town is a prinicpal provider of captive whales and dolphins to the worlds marine parks and is responsible for the cruel slaughter of thousands of dolphins annually. Salt Water Tears is written around author Len Varleys first-person, eyewitness journal account of events in and around Taiji in the winter of 2010. It is a story that seeks to balance activism and marine conservation with Japanese traditional culture and introduces the reader to an enigmatic and highly intelligent sea dweller, the dolphin. Beyond this a far deeper universal notion resonates: the need for mankind to reconnect and re-harmonise with the natural environment while addressing the pressing dual issues of conservation and sustainabilitybefore it is too late. Weaving an intriguing tale of past and present, author Len Varley tables a deeper understanding of the once deeply spiritual Japanese whaling tradition. He observes its degeneration into present-day commercialism and greed, marred by stark acts of animal cruelty. Varley delivers a compelling expos of the Taiji dolphin drive hunts, powerfully presented against the mysterious backdrop of Japans deep spirituality and superstition, the haunting beauty of its landscape, and the gentle humility and warmth of its people. A must read book for any activist who wants the real story behind the Japanese dolphin slaughter in Taiji. Len's account is both heartbreaking and heart-warming in equal measure. Pete Bethune - Earthrace Conservation Organisation

Author : Arne Kalland,Brian Moeran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Whaling
ISBN : 8787062100

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Endangered Culture by Arne Kalland,Brian Moeran Pdf

Author : Andrew Darby
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786732005

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Harpoon by Andrew Darby Pdf

From one-hundred-fifty-ton barnacled Blues to the sleek, embattled Minke, whales have been hunted worldwide to near extinction. Despite efforts to halt the killing, the future of these majestic mammals-known as “mind in the water”-is again in jeopardy. With passion and engaging detail, Andrew Darby profiles each species of whale and its place in this great drama. From the wooden harpoons of aboriginals in “cockleshell” vessels, to the high-tech killing machines of today's lawless Russian whalers and smooth-talking Japanese “scientific” crews, Darby chronicles the evolving pursuit of whales and its significance to our humanity. Fans of well-written history, as well as those fascinated by whales and the fierce international conflict surrounding them, will be swept into the very heart of whaling.

Author : Arne Kalland,Brian Moeran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781136916892

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Japanese Whaling? by Arne Kalland,Brian Moeran Pdf

This book gives a social anthropological account of whaling culture in Japan. When originally published this was the first comprehensive account in English of the history of Japanese whaling, showing how it has given rise to a particular culture. The volume discusses what happens when that culture is threatened. At the same time as explaining the work organization of those involved in whaling, the role of whaling companies in local and national economies, and the role of the whale in the establishment and maintenance of local community identity (ritual, food, gift-giving), the authors address the wider political and so-called "environmental" issues surrounding whaling in general, and Japanese whaling in particular.

Author : Victoria Young
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781040029725

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Translation and the Borders of Contemporary Japanese Literature by Victoria Young Pdf

This book examines contemporary debates on such concepts as national literature, world literature, and the relationship each of these to translation, from the perspective of modern Japanese fiction. By reading between the gaps and revealing tensions and blind spots in the image that Japanese literature presents to the world, the author brings together a series of essays and works of fiction that are normally kept separate in distinct subgenres, such as Okinawan literature, zainichi literature written by ethnic Koreans, and other “trans-border” works. The act of translation is reimagined in figurative, expanded, and even disruptive ways with a focus on marginal spaces and trans-border movements. The result decentres the common image of Japanese literature while creating connections to wider questions of multilingualism, decolonisation, historical revisionism, and trauma that are so central to contemporary literary studies. This book will be of interest to all those who study modern Japan and Japanese literature, as well as those working in the wider field of translation studies, as it subjects the concept of world literature to searching analysis.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Whaling
ISBN : LOC:0018544711A

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Protection of Whales by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Government publications
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045321473

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Review of the 33d International Whaling Commission Meeting by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations Pdf

Author : Mayumi Itoh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811066719

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The Japanese Culture of Mourning Whales by Mayumi Itoh Pdf

This book provides an in-depth study of Japanese whaling culture, emphasizing how the Japanese have considered whales and whaling in relation to their understanding of nature and religion. It examines why and how the Japanese have mourned the deaths of whales, treating them as if they were human beings, and assesses the relevance of this culture to nature conservation and management of sustainable use of natural resources. It also sheds new light on Japanese whaling, one of the most controversial issues in the contemporary world, by highlighting the hitherto unknown aspects of Japanese beliefs about whales and whaling, which constitute an integral part of their core concept of how they should coexist with nature. Through cross-examining previous studies of Japanese whaling, as well as analyzing new documents and conducting field research on location, this book presents a comprehensive survey of Japanese whaling culture and memorial rites for whales and offers viable insights on how the Japanese whaling culture can be applied to solving current global issues, including nature conservation, management of sustainable use of natural resources, and protection of wildlife and its habitats.

Author : William M. Terry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Offshore whaling
ISBN : UVA:X030447565

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Japanese Whaling Industry Prior to 1946 by William M. Terry Pdf