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Japan's Minorities

The illusion of homogeneity

Edited by Michael Weiner

1996 | Paperback: 978-0-415-15218-1 (Routledge)

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Body Projects in Japanese Childcare

Culture, Organization and Emotions in a Preschool

By Eyal Ben-Ari

Examines the place of body practices and the management of emotions in Japanese preschools. Early childhood socialization is explored as a set of 'body projects':…

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1996 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-0448-4 (Routledge)

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Life in a Japanese Women's College

Learning to be Ladylike

By Brian J. McVeigh

One third of the Japanese female workforce are 'office ladies' and their training takes place in the many women's junior colleges. Office ladies are low-wage,…

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1996 | Hardback: 978-0-415-14456-8 (Routledge)

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Ideology and Practice in Modern Japan

Edited by Roger Goodman, Kirsten Refsing

The issue of how Japanese society operates, and in particular why it has `succeeded', has generated a wide variety of explanatory models, including the Confucian…

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1992 | Hardback: 978-0-415-06102-5 (Routledge)

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A Life Adrift: Soeda Azembo, Popular Song and Modern Mass Culture in Japan
By Azembo Soeda
To be published November 21st 2008

Japan's Minorities: The illusion of homogeneity
Edited by Michael Weiner
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Japan's Minorities: The illusion of homogeneity
Edited by Michael Weiner
To be published November 25th 2008

Japanese Tourism and Travel Culture
Edited by Sylvie Guichard-Anguis, Okpyo Moon
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The Novels of Oe Kenzaburo
By Yasuko Claremont
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