Dr Louella Matsunaga

PhD, M.A, BSc(hons)

Research Associate

School of Law and Social Sciences

Role

Unpaid affiliate (research associate)

Research

I currently conduct research on globalisation, ritual, and embodiment in Shin Buddhism. I have previously conducted research on gender relations in the workplace in Japan; Japanese new religions; understandings of "unnatural death" and attitudes to the body in the context of autopsy and death investigation in Japan and England; and the anthropology of branding.

Centres and institutes

Europe Japan Research Centre

Projects

Exploring Global Jodo Shinshu Through Ritual Practice: Histories, Transformations and Localisations

Publications

Matsunaga L, Jōdo Shinshū in the UK: Impermanence, Precarity and Change
Journal of Religion in Japan 11 (1) (2022) pp.1-27 ISSN: 2211-8330 eISSN: 2211-8349 Jōdo Shinshū in the UK: Impermanence, Precarity and Change Open Access version on RADAR
Matsunaga L, Bodies in question: narrating the body in contemporary Japan
Contemporary Japan 27 (1) (2016) pp.1-11 ISSN: 1869-2729 eISSN: 1869-2737

Smith W, Nakamaki H, Matsunaga L, Ramsay T, (ed.), Globalizing Asian Religions: Management and Marketing ,
Amsterdam University Press (2019) ISBN: 9789462981447 eISBN: 9789048531097
Matsunaga, Louella, The Changing face of Japanese Retail: working in a chain store,
Routledge (2000)

Matsunaga L, Shin Buddhism (Jōdo Shinshū) in Europe: Organizational Issues
in Smith W, Nakamaki H, Matsunaga L, Ramsay T (ed.), Globalizing Asian Religions: Management and Marketing, Amsterdam University Press (2019) ISBN: 9789462981447 eISBN: 9789048531097 Shin Buddhism (Jōdo Shinshū) in Europe: Organizational Issues Open Access version on RADAR
Smith W, Nakamaki H, Matsunaga L, Ramsay T, Introduction
in Smith W, Nakamaki H, Matsunaga L, Ramsay T (ed.), Globalizing Asian Religions: Management and Marketing, Amsterdam University Press (2019) ISBN: 9789462981447 eISBN: 9789048531097
Matsunaga, LL, Negotiating the Unusual, Classifying the Unnatural: reporting hospital deaths in Japan and England
in Death and Desire in Contemporary Japan: Representing, Practicing, Performing, Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing (2017) ISBN: 978-88-6969-150-8 eISBN: 978-88-6969-151-5
Matsunaga, Louella, The Corporate Branding: toward an anthropology of branding
in Enterprise as an Instrument of Civilization: an Anthropological Approach to Business Administration, Springer (2015) ISBN: 9784431549 eISBN: 9784431549161

Matsunaga L, review of Nature's Embrace: Japan's Aging Urbanites and New Death Rites
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 18 (2012) pp.501-503 ISSN: 1359-0987 eISSN: 1467-9655
Matsunaga L, review of Education in Contemporary Japan: Inequality and Diversity
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 7 (2001) pp.373-374 ISSN: 1359-0987 eISSN: 1467-9655
Matsunaga L, review of Japanese Bosses, Chinese Workers: Power and Control in a Hong Kong Megastore
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 7 (2001) pp.621-622 ISSN: 1359-0987 eISSN: 1467-9655
Matsunaga L, review of Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender, and Work in Japanese Companies
Monumenta Nipponica 54 (1999) pp.427-429 ISSN: 0027-0741 eISSN: 1880-1390

Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

Royal Anthropological Institute, Association of Social Anthropologists, British Association of Japanese Studies, Japan Anthropology Workshop