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Nationalism and Gender
UENO Chizuko

This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive...

Hegemony of Homogeneity
BEFU Harumi
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain...
A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images
OGUMA Eiji
This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation...
Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1
OGUMA Eiji

The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that...

A History of Modern Chemistry
HIROTA Noboru

Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has...

Living on the Streets in Japan
FILLER Stephen, MARUYAMA Satomi

Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the...

Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018
SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi
This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East...
U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
YOSHIMOTO Hideko

Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local...

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    Beyond Fukushima Beyond Fukushima
    $39.95
    Beyond Fukushima

    HASEGAWA Koichi

    It finally dawned on us. The government was unr...
    It finally dawned on us. The government was unreliable. Politicians and bureaucrats were unreliable. The media were untrustworthy. The brutal reality hit us that we had to protect ourselves...other...
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    Bio-indicators of POPs
    $79.95
    Bio-indicators of POPs

    TANABE Shinsuke, SUBRAMANIAN Annamalai

    The global environment is ubiquitously contamin...
    The global environment is ubiquitously contaminated by a myriad of toxic chemicals, having teratogenic, carcinogenic, immunosuppressive, and endocrine disruptive actions. Twelve of these persistent...
  • Biodiversity Research Methods Biodiversity Research Methods
    $29.95
    Biodiversity Research Methods

    NAKASHIZUKA Tohru

    Biodiversity Research Methods is the product of...
    Biodiversity Research Methods is the product of tremendous international and interdisciplinary cooperation in the IBOY-DIWPA program. IBOY-DIWPA's aims are to establish baseline inventories of biod...
  • Borobudur as Cultural Landscape Borobudur as Cultural Landscape
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    Borobudur as Cultural Landscape

    KANKI Kiyoko

    Borobudur is a 9th-century Buddhist temple site...
    Borobudur is a 9th-century Buddhist temple site in Central Java, Indonesia. As a cultural landscape, Borobudur is a site of active discussion. Since the start of the International Field School on B...
  • Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1 Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1
    $54.95
    Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1

    OGUMA Eiji

    The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have op...
    The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that constitutes Japan's southernmost prefecture, Okinawa - otherwise known as the Ryukyu Islands. Are the pe...
  • Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.2 Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.2
    $54.95
    Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.2

    OGUMA Eiji

    In this the parallel volume to The Boundaries o...
    In this the parallel volume to The Boundaries of 'the Japanese': Volume 1: Okinawa 1818-1972 (2014), renowned historical sociologist Eiji Oguma further explores the fluctuating political, geographi...
  • Bushman Folktales
    $59.95
    Bushman Folktales

    TANAKA Jiro

    In the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, tale...
    In the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, tales tell of animals who talk to each other, deceive each other and easily transform themselves into human beings. The author, who has followed the lives...
  • China’s BRI in Southeast Asia
    $47.95
    China’s BRI in Southeast Asia

    Kian Cheng LEE, Yos Santasombat, Decha Tangseefa

    China’s BRI in Southeast Asia presents empirica...
    China’s BRI in Southeast Asia presents empirical research that analyzes the dynamics and implications of the Belt and Roads Initiative (BRI) for the countries of Southeast Asia. While much has been...
  • Class Structure in Contemporary Japan Class Structure in Contemporary Japan
    $29.95
    Class Structure in Contemporary Japan

    HASHIMOTO Kenji

    The author, Hashimoto, has been a solitary voic...
    The author, Hashimoto, has been a solitary voice in the social stratification analysis of Japanese society for the last two decades presenting its class structure in Marxian terms. His models and f...
  • Coming Out in Japan Coming Out in Japan
    $29.00
    Coming Out in Japan

    YANASE Ryuta, ITO Satoru

    Traditionally the Japanese have shunned those n...
    Traditionally the Japanese have shunned those not fitting the majority heterosexual mould. Those with a homosexual orientation have always endured an uncomfortable existence in a culture which cond...
  • Commodifying Marxism Commodifying Marxism
    $29.95
    Commodifying Marxism

    TEJAPIRA Kasian

    In this study of the formation of modern Thai r...
    In this study of the formation of modern Thai radical culture, Tejapira reveals a process of cultural and political interaction which results in a mutual transformation of exogenous Marxism/communi...
  • Conceptualizing the Malay World Conceptualizing the Malay World
    $59.95
    Conceptualizing the Malay World

    SODA Naoki

    Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the in...
    Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the interrelations between the indigenization of "colonial knowledge" and the quest for pan-Malay identity in Malaya. In what way, to what extent and for wh...