Routledege handbook of Japanese culture and society/

Other Authors: Bestor, Theodore C., Yamagata, Akiko
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York: Routledge, c2011
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Victoria Lyon Bestor, Theodore C. Bestor, and Akiko Yamagata Part I Social Foundations: Showa-Era Japan and Beyond: From Imperial Japan to Japan Inc. Peter Duus Four Cultures of Japanese Politics David Leheny The Cultures and Politics of Language in Japan Today Nanette Gottlieb Japanese Education and Education Reform Roger Goodman Religion in Contemporary Japanese Lives Mark R. Mullins Law and Society in Japan Lawrence Repeta The Urbanization of the Japanese Landscape Paul Waley Part II Class, Identity, and Status: Social Class and Social Identity in Postwar Japan David Slater The Politics of Gender in Japan Robin M. LeBlanc Change and Diversity in the Japanese Family Merry White Japan's Queer Cultures Mark McLelland Race, Ethnicity, and Minorities in Japan Richard Siddle Life on the Margins in Japan: Homeless, Migrant Day Laborers, and People with Disabilities Carolyn S. Stevens Aging and Social Welfare in Japan Leng Leng Thang The New Prominence of the Civil Sector in Japan Akihiro Ogawa Part III Cool Japan: Contemporary Architecture in Japan William H. Coaldrake Japanese Film and Television Aaron Gerow Manga and Anime: Entertainment, Big Business, and Art in Japan Susan Napier Popular Music in Japan Ian Condry The Sportscape of Contemporary Japan William Kelly Cultural Flows: Japan and East Asia Koichi Iwabuchi Cuisine and Identity in Contemporary Japan Theodore C. Bestor