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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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  • Feathers, Horns and Guardians
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    Feathers, Horns and Guardians

    ISHIDA Shin-ichiro

    The Îgembe region of Kenya is a rich agricultur...
    The Îgembe region of Kenya is a rich agricultural area on the equator, where people live in a unique time-world. Whenever a problem arises, people do not hasten to a conclusion, but ‘wait’ as a mea...
  • Indigenous Peoples and Forests
    $49.95
    Indigenous Peoples and Forests

    ICHIKAWA Mitsuo

    African tropical rainforests are in rapid decli...
    African tropical rainforests are in rapid decline, and their conservation is an urgent priority. However, forest conservation efforts have typically neglected the rights of people like pygmies, who...
  • Reconsidering Resilience in African Pastoralism
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    Reconsidering Resilience in African Pastoralism

    KONAKA Shinya

    What does resilience mean? This is a question f...
    What does resilience mean? This is a question frequently asked and one that this book challenges and turns on its head. This book interrogates the increasingly overused concept of resilience by exa...
  • Extremes
    $49.95
    Extremes

    KAWAI Kaori

    Humans have always faced the threat of extincti...
    Humans have always faced the threat of extinction. This book takes a broad perspective of the ‘extreme’ conditions of human existence and survival to examine how extremes have forced humans to chan...
  • 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...
  • An Anthropology of Things An Anthropology of Things
    $42.95
    An Anthropology of Things

    TOKORO Ikuya, KAWAI Kaori

    The aim of this book is to highlight the import...
    The aim of this book is to highlight the important roles that things play in our everyday lives by examining how things and humans interact. Based on ethnographical data from Asia, Africa, and Ocea...
  • Narratives on San Ethnicity
    $44.95
    Narratives on San Ethnicity

    TAKADA Akira

    The !Xun are a San people living in the Kalahar...
    The !Xun are a San people living in the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, Botswana, and in Angola. In this book, the cultural and ecological foundations of ethnicity of the !Xun provide a case study for ...
  • The Bushmen
    $99.95
    The Bushmen

    TANAKA Jiro

    The Bushmen archives nearly 50 years of researc...
    The Bushmen archives nearly 50 years of research with some of Southern Africa's remotest groups. Author Jiro Tanaka's deep connection with his subject matter is evident through his insightful and o...
  • Displacement Risks in Africa
    $34.95
    Displacement Risks in Africa

    OHTA Itaru

    As the plight of refugees around the world loom...
    As the plight of refugees around the world looms large as one of the central problems facing the international political community at the beginning of the 21st century, the situations facing displa...