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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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  • Traditional Neighbors, Different Modernities
    $49.95
    Traditional Neighbors, Different Modernities

    KUMAGAI Seiji, Miguel Álvarez ORTEGA, Françoise POMMARET, Anna Balikci DENJONGPA

    Lying in the south-eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, S...
    Lying in the south-eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Sikkim, and the Mon region show a rich and complex development as a contact area, one of intricate multi-layered cultural tapestries, a fascinating cro...
  • From Salvation to Spirituality From Salvation to Spirituality
    $34.95
    From Salvation to Spirituality

    SHIMAZONO Susumu

    Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost socio...
    Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost sociologists of religion, deals with the development of popular religious and spiritual movements in Japan in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. A...
  • Spirituality as a Way
    $32.95
    Spirituality as a Way

    Carl Becker, KASHIO Naoki

    How do Japanese people foster spiritual awarene...
    How do Japanese people foster spiritual awareness? This book provides a fresh perspective on spirituality by highlighting the wisdom of Japan: ‘Way’ (pronounced michi or dō in Japanese), which mak...
  • 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...
  • Development Monks in Northeast Thailand Development Monks in Northeast Thailand
    $99.95
    Development Monks in Northeast Thailand

    LAPTHANANON Pinit

    This study examines the role of Buddhist monks ...
    This study examines the role of Buddhist monks as development agents in rural Thailand. Through 20 years of field studies, and with a focus on Northeast Thailand (which is known as Isan and long cl...
  • Practical Buddhism Among the Thai-Lao Practical Buddhism Among the Thai-Lao
    $34.95
    Practical Buddhism Among the Thai-Lao

    HAYASHI Yukio

    Based on long-term fieldwork, Hayashi presents ...
    Based on long-term fieldwork, Hayashi presents the local history of Thai-Lao religion and society, up to and including its present-day dynamics. Working from the analytical premise that concepts su...