Yokohama Street Life
Author | : Tom Gill, Meiji Gakuin University |
Publisher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2015-03-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781498511995 |
ISBN-13 | : 1498511996 |
Rating | : 4/5 (996 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Yokohama Street Life by : Tom Gill, Meiji Gakuin University
Download or read book Yokohama Street Life written by Tom Gill, Meiji Gakuin University and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-03-06 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a one-man ethnography that seeks to understand life at the bottom of Japanese society through the personality of day laborer and street-philosopher Kimitsu Nishikawa. Through interviews with Kimitsu, Tom Gill analyzes life in the Yokohama slum district of Kotobuki—a district in which welfare has come to replace labor.