Nationality Japan Genre Social anthropology | Name Chie Nakane | |
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Occupation author and anthropologist, Professor Emerita at Tokyo University Books Japanese Society, Garo and Khasi, Kinship and economic organization in rural Japan | ||
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Chie Nakane (中根 千枝, Nakane Chie, born November 30, 1926) is a Japanese anthropologist and Professor Emerita of Social Anthropology at the University of Tokyo.
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- Interview of chie nakane
- Chie Nakane Wikipedia audio article
- Education and career
- Japan as Vertical Society
- Books
- Articles
- Honors
- References
Chie Nakane | Wikipedia audio article
Education and career
Nakane was born in Tokyo and spent her teenage years in Beijing. She graduated from Tsuda College in 1947 and then completed her graduate work specializing in China and Tibet at the University of Tokyo in 1952. In 1953-1957, she did fieldwork in India and studied in the London School of Economics. Nakane served as Visiting Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago at the invitation of Sol Tax in 1959-1960 and as Visiting Lecturer in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London at the invitation of Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf in 1960-1961.
In 1970, Nakane became the first female professor at the University of Tokyo, where she served as Director of the Institute of Oriental Culture in 1980-1982. She was also Professor at Osaka University and the National Museum of Ethnology and Visiting Professor at Cornell University in 1975-1980. Nakane retired from the University of Tokyo in 1987. In 1995, she became the first and only female member of the Japan Academy. She is also an honorary member of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
Japan as Vertical Society
Nakane's work focuses on cross-cultural comparisons of social structures in Asia, notably Japan, India, and China. She is internationally known for her bestselling book, Japanese Society, which has been translated into 13 languages. In this book, Nakane characterizes Japan as "a vertical society" where human relations are based on "place" (shared space) instead of "attribute" (qualification).