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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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  • The End of Personal Rule in Indonesia The End of Personal Rule in Indonesia
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    The End of Personal Rule in Indonesia

    MASUHARA Ayako

    Motivated by on-the-ground experiences during I...
    Motivated by on-the-ground experiences during Indonesia's period of political turmoil in the early 2000s following the collapse of the Suharto regime, this book systematically explains the structur...
  • Borobudur as Cultural Landscape Borobudur as Cultural Landscape
    $84.95
    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...
  • Bangsa and Umma Bangsa and Umma
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    Bangsa and Umma

    YAMAMOTO Hiroyuki

    Having experienced a large-scale reorganization...
    Having experienced a large-scale reorganization of social order over the past decade, people of the Malay world have struggled to position themselves. They have been classified - and have classifie...
  • The Limits of Tradition The Limits of Tradition
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    The Limits of Tradition

    URANO Mariko

    The Limits of Tradition explores the discourse ...
    The Limits of Tradition explores the discourse of adat (customary or traditional) landownership that played an important role in peasant resistance against Indonesia's state development programs an...
  • Status and Stratification Status and Stratification
    $34.95
    Status and Stratification

    SHIMA Mutsuhiko

    Exploring the myriad ways that status and strat...
    Exploring the myriad ways that status and stratification manifest in different cultural contexts, this collection presents in-depth studies of a variety of cultural forms in Asia. The first of the ...
  • Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society
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    Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society

    HASEGAWA Koichi, YOSHIHARA Naoki

    One effect of globalization has been urban rest...
    One effect of globalization has been urban restructuring in various cities of Asia, increasing migration from Asia to European cities, and the intensification of debates about citizenship. The mult...
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    People on the Move People on the Move
    $79.95
    People on the Move

    SODA Ryoji

    Based on participant observation and interviews...
    Based on participant observation and interviews in a village in Sarawak, Ryoji Soda examines outward migration from the village, the migrants' living strategies in urban areas, their frequent moves...
  • After the Crisis After the Crisis
    $74.95
    After the Crisis

    SHIRAISHI Takashi, ABINALES Patricio N.

    After the Crisis looks at Southeast Asia-especi...
    After the Crisis looks at Southeast Asia-especially Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines-after the Asian financial crisis. This eleventh volume of the Kyoto Area Studies on Asia takes ...
  • Fluidity of Place Fluidity of Place
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    Fluidity of Place

    YOSHIHARA Naoki

    Fluidity of Place presents an interdisciplinary...
    Fluidity of Place presents an interdisciplinary conversation with theories of space-time, place, and globalization at the cutting edge of social theory. Focusing on the construction of urban space ...