Gavin H Whitelaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 4002808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gavin H Whitelaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gavin H |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitelaw |
| SIGNATURE | WHITELAW G H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Association Between Daily Convenience Store Use and Social Capital Among Young People in Japan: An Exploratory Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Study Data
The number of convenience stores in Japan has increased dramatically since their introduction in the 1970s, offering a wide range of essential services. However, epidemiological research on their use and public health impacts remains limited. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of frequent convenience store users and the association between daily use and social capital, measured as general trust in one's neighbors and trust in mutual …
Konbini-Nation: The Rise of the Convenience Store in Post-Industrial Japan
Convenience stores (konbini) are a common part of Japan's contemporary commercial landscape.The sheer concentration of stores, their long hours of operation, predictable offerings, and speedy service make them a popular daily destination for many people.A number of factors have contributed to the rise of the convenience store as an everyday institution.This chapter examines the development of the convenience store in Japan and its efflorescence b…
Japanese Tree Burial: Ecology, Kinship and the Culture of Death
The social and cultural construction of death and rituals that surround it have long engaged anthropologists. Far from immutably set in stone, mortuary practices are subject to ongoing negotiation and adjustment, providing valuable insights into the conditions and needs of a society at a particular moment in time. Within Japanese Studies, mortuary practices remain an especially vibrant and popular field of inquiry as the volume of recent monograp…
Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan: A Transdisciplinary Perspective
This multidisciplinary book analyses the contradictory coexistence of consumerism and environmentalism in contemporary Japan. It focuses on the dilemma that the diffusion of the concepts of sustainability and recycling has posed for everyday consumption practices, and on how these concepts have affected, and were affected by, the production and consumption of art. Special attention is paid to the changes in consumption practices and environmental…
Of beans and bonds: Canadian farmers, Japanese buyers, and the moral economy of the non-GM soybean
The following study examines how the spread of transgenic crops in North America and a concomitant rise in Japanese consumer concern over food safety allows spaces for human interaction and agency to intervene in and restructure a commodity’s global flow. Challenging assumptions of the ‘global marketplace’ as necessarily distant, culturally detached, and impersonal, the descriptive analysis of the annual soy bean inspections that occur between Ja…
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Of beans and bonds: Canadian farmers, Japanese buyers, and the moral economy of the non-GM soybean
The following study examines how the spread of transgenic crops in North America and a concomitant rise in Japanese consumer concern over food safety allows spaces for human interaction and agency to intervene in and restructure a commodity’s global flow. Challenging assumptions of the ‘global marketplace’ as necessarily distant, culturally detached, and impersonal, the descriptive analysis of the annual soy bean inspections that occur between Ja…
Konbini-Nation: The Rise of the Convenience Store in Post-Industrial Japan
Convenience stores (konbini) are a common part of Japan's contemporary commercial landscape.The sheer concentration of stores, their long hours of operation, predictable offerings, and speedy service make them a popular daily destination for many people.A number of factors have contributed to the rise of the convenience store as an everyday institution.This chapter examines the development of the convenience store in Japan and its efflorescence b…
Japanese Tree Burial: Ecology, Kinship and the Culture of Death
The social and cultural construction of death and rituals that surround it have long engaged anthropologists. Far from immutably set in stone, mortuary practices are subject to ongoing negotiation and adjustment, providing valuable insights into the conditions and needs of a society at a particular moment in time. Within Japanese Studies, mortuary practices remain an especially vibrant and popular field of inquiry as the volume of recent monograp…
Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan: A Transdisciplinary Perspective
This multidisciplinary book analyses the contradictory coexistence of consumerism and environmentalism in contemporary Japan. It focuses on the dilemma that the diffusion of the concepts of sustainability and recycling has posed for everyday consumption practices, and on how these concepts have affected, and were affected by, the production and consumption of art. Special attention is paid to the changes in consumption practices and environmental…
Association Between Daily Convenience Store Use and Social Capital Among Young People in Japan: An Exploratory Secondary Analysis of Cross-Sectional Study Data
The number of convenience stores in Japan has increased dramatically since their introduction in the 1970s, offering a wide range of essential services. However, epidemiological research on their use and public health impacts remains limited. This study aimed to explore the characteristics of frequent convenience store users and the association between daily use and social capital, measured as general trust in one's neighbors and trust in mutual …
Japanese History and Culture (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Agricultural economics (1 works)