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Myth, Protest and Struggle in Okinawa
Okinawan people have developed a unique tradition of protest in their long history of oppression and marginalization. Beginning with the Ryukyu Kingdom’s annexation to Japan…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36500-0 (Routledge)
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Dismantling the East-West Dichotomy
Essays in Honour of Jan van Bremen
It has been customary in the appraisal of the different approaches to the study of Japan anthropology to invoke an East-West dichotomy positing hegemonic ‘Western’…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39738-4 (Routledge)
Nationalisms in Japan
Nationalisms in Japan brings together leading specialists in the field to discuss how notions of ‘nationalism’ in modern Japan impinges on all aspects of social,…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40053-4 (Routledge)
Adoption in Japan
Comparing Policies for Children in Need
The first book-length study of adoption in Japan, this impressive work tackles the innovative and sometimes controversial subject of the policies of adoption agencies in…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39181-8 (Routledge)
Japanese Capitals in Historical Perspective
Place, Power and Memory in Kyoto, Edo and Tokyo
Japan's ability to develop its own brand of modernity has often been attributed in part to the sophistication of its cities. Concentrating on Kyoto, Edo… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40581-2 (Routledge)
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Japan on Display
Photography and the Emperor
Sixty years on from the end of the Pacific War, Japan on Display examines representations of the Meiji emperor, Mutsuhito (1852-1912) and his grandson the…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37148-3 (Routledge)
The Changing Japanese Family
The Japanese family is shifting in fundamental ways, specifically in terms of attitudes towards family and societal relationships, and also the role of the family…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36808-7 (Routledge)
Genders, Transgenders and Sexualities in Japan
Incorporating Japanese language materials and field-based research, this compelling collection of essays takes a comparative look at the changing notions of gender and sexual diversity…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40585-0 (Routledge)
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Japan at Play
This book explores the myth, so abused by the mass media, that the Japanese are a grey, anonymous mass of efficient, obedient workers. The articles… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37937-3 (Routledge)
Community Volunteers in Japan
Everyday stories of social change
Volunteering is a recent and highly visible phenomenon in Japan, adopted as a meaningful social activity by millions of Japanese and covered widely in the… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32316-1 (Routledge)
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A Life Adrift: Soeda Azembo, Popular Song and Modern Mass Culture in Japan
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Japan's Minorities: The illusion of homogeneity
Edited by Michael Weiner
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Japan's Minorities: The illusion of homogeneity
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Japanese Tourism and Travel Culture
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