Professor Emeritus of Anthropolgy

Department of Anthropology

University of Hawaii-Manoa
Porteus Hall 346
2424 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822

TEL: (808) 956-7685
FAX: (808) 956-4893
E-MAIL: lebra@hawaii.edu

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  aging and life cycle; cultural and social change; cultural anthropology; elite and status; gender, sex roles, women; identity and concept of self; communication; psychological anthropology; socialization and child development; social structure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, National University of Singapore, 1999; Distinguished Visitor, US-Japan Relations Program, Harvard University 1998; JISF/Mitsubishi Visiting Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh 1998; Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawaii, 1968-present.

IN US: 1958-present - study, employment.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"Confucian Gender Role and Personal Fulfillment for Japanese Women," Confucianism and the Family (W. H. Slote and G. De Vos, eds.) (State University of New York Press, 1998); "Self and Other in Esteemed Status: the Changing Culture of the Japanese Royalty from Showa to Heisei," Journal of Japanese Studies (1997, vol. 23); Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility (University of California Press, 1993); Japanese Social Organization (ed.) (University of Hawaii Press, 1992); Japanese Culture and Behavior: Selected Readings (University of Hawaii Press, 1986); Japanese Patterns of Behavior (University of Hawaii Press, 1976); Japanese Women: Constraint and Fulfillment (University of Hawaii Press, 1984).