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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture Cambridge Companions to Culture
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Japanese Society
Book SynopsisAn Introduction to Japanese Society provides a sophisticated, highly readable introduction to Japanese society by internationally renowned scholar Yoshio Sugimoto. This edition begins with a new historical introduction placing the sociological analysis of contemporary Japan in context, and includes a new chapter on religion and belief systems.Table of Contents1. Historical backdrop: disintegration and restoration; 2. The Japan phenomenon: analysis and understanding; 3. Class: stratification and disparity; 4. Generations and geography: variations in an aging society; 5. Work: 'Japanese-style' management and cultural capitalism; 6. Education: diversity and unity; 7. Gender and family: challenges to ideology; 8. Ethnicity and Japaneseness: defining the nation; 9. The establishment: competition and collusion; 10. Religion: belief and secularization; 11. Culture: the popular and the cool; 12. Civil society: activism and friendly authoritarianism.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese
Book SynopsisThis Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Covering topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts, it paints a picture of a nation rich in cultural diversity.Table of ContentsList of illustrations; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Map; Culture of 'Japanese culture': an overview Yoshio Sugimoto; 1. Concepts of Japan, Japanese culture, the Japanese Harumi Befu; 2. Japan's emic conceptions Takami Kuwayama; 3. Language Hugh Clarke; 4. Family culture Anne Imamura; 5. School culture Kaori H. Okano; 6. Work culture Ross Mouer; 7. Technological culture Morris Low; 8. Religious culture Stephen Covell; 9. Political culture Takashi Inoguchi; 10. Buraku culture Hideo Aoki; 11. Literature Toshiko Ellis; 12. Popular leisure Sepp Linhart; 13. Manga, anime and visual art culture Craig Norris; 14. Music culture Junko Kitagawa; 15. Housing culture Ann Waswo; 16. Food culture Naomichi Ishige; 17. Sports culture Miho Koishikawa; 18. Globalisation and cultural nationalism Takashi Inoguchi; 19. Export of cultural goods Ross Mouer and Craig Norris.
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Taylor & Francis Japenese Encounters With Postmod
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Taylor & Francis Images Of Japanese Society Hb
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Taylor & Francis Rethinking Japanese Studies
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Taylor & Francis Democracy in Contemporary Japan
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Cambridge University Press The Japanese Trajectory
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