Anne Allison facts for kids
Anne Allison is a professor who studies cultural anthropology at Duke University in the United States. She focuses on understanding modern Japanese society.
She earned her first degree, a BA, from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Later, she received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago in 1986.
Anne Allison's Research
Professor Allison's work explores how daily life in Japan connects with people's imagination and the economy. She looks at how culture, dreams, and money all fit together.
Books About Japan
Her book, Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination (published in 2006), looks at how Japanese toys became popular around the world. She studied how fantasy, business, and culture mixed to create "J-cool," which means cool Japanese products for young people. A Japanese version of this book was also published in 2010.
Another book, Precarious Japan (published in 2013), talks about how some Japanese people feel uncertain in their daily lives. She writes about how people are coping with changes, like not having a secure home or feeling like they don't belong. Before 1991, many Japanese men could expect jobs for life and good incomes. This helped them support their families. Now, fewer people can find full-time work, which can lead to feelings of worry. However, Professor Allison also shows how some Japanese people are finding new ways to think about home, family, and being together.
Her most recent book is Being Dead Otherwise, published in 2023.
Books by Anne Allison
- Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination (2006)
- Precarious Japan (2013)
- Being Dead Otherwise (2023)
