Masao Yamaguchi

Masao Yamaguchi (山口 昌男 Yamaguchi Masao, August 20, 1931 – 10 March 2013)[1][2] was a Japanese anthropologist.

Yamaguchi was born in Bihoro, Hokkaidō. A key figure in the introduction of structural anthropology to Japan, Yamaguchi was also noted for his engagements with political questions such as the Japanese emperor system and assimilation policies. Yamaguchi was also noted as a writer on the concepts of hermaphroditism and the trickster, and performed fieldwork in Asia, Africa, and elsewhere.

Selected bibliography

References

  1. Imafuku, Ryuta (1988). "Masao Yamaguchi: A Hermes-Harlequin in the Field of Semiotics". In Sebeok, Thomas A., Umiker-Sebeok, Jean. The Semiotic Web 1987. DE GRUYTER MOUTON. p. 93. ISBN 978-3-11-086838-8. 10.1515/9783110868388.93. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  2. "文化人類学者の山口昌男さん死去 「中心と周縁」理論". 朝日新聞. Retrieved 10 March 2013.



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