Yoko Taguchi
Biographic Data
| ID | 5624587 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yoko Taguchi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yoko |
| FAMILY NAME | Taguchi |
| SIGNATURE | TAGUCHI Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eikei University Of Hiroshima |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9562-5561 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Kinship as Fiction
Introduction – Kinship as fiction
This special issue brings together emerging studies on kinship in South Asia and explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ through ethnographic analysis of intimate relationships. Anthropology had long considered kinship as ‘natural’ or ‘biological’, thereby rendering other relations as ‘real’ or ‘fictive’. However, the recent ever-expanding scope of the ‘new kinship studies’, through the mapping of socio-technological changes, including the deve…
The fiction of ‘fluid nuclear units’
Fictions that account for nature-culture have always been crucial for the anthropology of kinship, but the significance of fiction has increased through the extension of new technologies and global transactions. This paper examines the dynamics of householding relations in Mumbai through the lens of fiction. A contemporary middle-class household in India is a rich field of study, as it is filled with the memories of family retailers, the responsi…
Kinship as fiction
This special issue brings together emerging studies on kinship in South Asia and explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ through ethnographic analysis of intimate relationships. Anthropology had long considered kinship as ‘natural’ or ‘biological’, thereby rendering other relations as ‘real’ or ‘fictive’. However, the recent ever-expanding scope of the ‘new kinship studies’, through the mapping of socio-technological changes, including the deve…
Civic sense and cleanliness
A new type of civil society movement led by the urban middle class has grown with increasing economic liberalization, one that aims to eliminate ‘filth’, including garbage, slums, and street stalls, from the city's public space and to create a ‘world-class’ city. These movements have been critically analyzed as a phenomenon representing a new India aspiring to progress based on consumerism and pleasure at the cost of the poor. ‘Fight the Filth’, …
Cosmopolitanism and the Morality of Business among Navi Mumbai Merchants
Based on anthropological fieldwork, this article confirms that arguments about the decline of Mumbai’s cosmopolitanism through the rise of regionalism and hindutva have failed to consider the idea of ‘cosmopolitanism’ as understood and used by local people, specifically local merchants. Reconsideration of cosmopolitanism in relation to regionalism focuses on the morality of business, as expressed by merchants in Navi Mumbai, is examined through t…
Civic sense and cleanliness
A new type of civil society movement led by the urban middle class has grown with increasing economic liberalization, one that aims to eliminate ‘filth’, including garbage, slums, and street stalls, from the city's public space and to create a ‘world-class’ city. These movements have been critically analyzed as a phenomenon representing a new India aspiring to progress based on consumerism and pleasure at the cost of the poor. ‘Fight the Filth’, …
Kinship as fiction
This special issue brings together emerging studies on kinship in South Asia and explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ through ethnographic analysis of intimate relationships. Anthropology had long considered kinship as ‘natural’ or ‘biological’, thereby rendering other relations as ‘real’ or ‘fictive’. However, the recent ever-expanding scope of the ‘new kinship studies’, through the mapping of socio-technological changes, including the deve…
Cosmopolitanism and the Morality of Business among Navi Mumbai Merchants
Based on anthropological fieldwork, this article confirms that arguments about the decline of Mumbai’s cosmopolitanism through the rise of regionalism and hindutva have failed to consider the idea of ‘cosmopolitanism’ as understood and used by local people, specifically local merchants. Reconsideration of cosmopolitanism in relation to regionalism focuses on the morality of business, as expressed by merchants in Navi Mumbai, is examined through t…
Civic sense and cleanliness
A new type of civil society movement led by the urban middle class has grown with increasing economic liberalization, one that aims to eliminate ‘filth’, including garbage, slums, and street stalls, from the city's public space and to create a ‘world-class’ city. These movements have been critically analyzed as a phenomenon representing a new India aspiring to progress based on consumerism and pleasure at the cost of the poor. ‘Fight the Filth’, …
Kinship as fiction
This special issue brings together emerging studies on kinship in South Asia and explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ through ethnographic analysis of intimate relationships. Anthropology had long considered kinship as ‘natural’ or ‘biological’, thereby rendering other relations as ‘real’ or ‘fictive’. However, the recent ever-expanding scope of the ‘new kinship studies’, through the mapping of socio-technological changes, including the deve…
Kinship as Fiction
Introduction – Kinship as fiction
This special issue brings together emerging studies on kinship in South Asia and explores the idea of kinship as ‘fiction’ through ethnographic analysis of intimate relationships. Anthropology had long considered kinship as ‘natural’ or ‘biological’, thereby rendering other relations as ‘real’ or ‘fictive’. However, the recent ever-expanding scope of the ‘new kinship studies’, through the mapping of socio-technological changes, including the deve…
The fiction of ‘fluid nuclear units’
Fictions that account for nature-culture have always been crucial for the anthropology of kinship, but the significance of fiction has increased through the extension of new technologies and global transactions. This paper examines the dynamics of householding relations in Mumbai through the lens of fiction. A contemporary middle-class household in India is a rich field of study, as it is filled with the memories of family retailers, the responsi…
Sociology (6 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Kinship (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (2 works)