Joy Hendry is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She specializes in the study of Japan, but has alsonbsp;done fieldworknbsp;in Morocco, Canada andnbsp;Mexico, and has made recent visits to China, Indonesia, Nepal and Uzbekistan. She is the author of many books including Wrapping Culture: Politeness, Presentationnbsp;and Power in Japan and Other Societies and Reclaiming Culture: Indigenous Peoples and Self-Representation , whichnbsp;was picked by Choice magazine as one of their 'outstanding academic titles' in 2006.