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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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  • Democratization and Constitutional Reform in Thailand
    $35.95
    Democratization and Constitutional Reform in Thailand

    TOYAMA Ayako

    This book examines the phenomenon of the "judic...
    This book examines the phenomenon of the "judicialization of politics," which has attracted attention as one of the causes of the retreat of Thai democracy, focusing on the May 1992 bloodshed, the ...
  • Gender History in China
    $69.95
    Gender History in China

    KOHAMA Masako, Linda Grove

    How have femininity and masculinity been define...
    How have femininity and masculinity been defined and understood in China from prehistoric times to the present day? Gender History in China presents for the first time in English the work of leadi...
  • Postwar South Korea and Japanese Popular Culture
    $35.95
    Postwar South Korea and Japanese Popular Culture

    KIM Sungmin

    After World War II, Japanese popular culture wa...
    After World War II, Japanese popular culture was "banned" in Korea. However, despite the official ban, Japanese popular culture was introduced and circulated through hidden or unofficial channels. ...
  • Indonesia at the Crossroads
    $49.95
    Indonesia at the Crossroads

    OKAMOTO Masaaki

    After a swift and bloody regime change in 1998,...
    After a swift and bloody regime change in 1998, Indonesia established democratic institutions. Democratization over the first two decades of the 21st century fundamentally transformed Indonesia as ...
  • Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018 Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018
    $39.95
    Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018

    SUDO Noriko, TANIKAWA Takeshi

    This book examines the interdependent relations...
    This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East Asia, treating films as political economic products, mixtures of government policy and industrial...
  • 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...
  • Racial Representations in Asia Racial Representations in Asia
    $89.95
    Racial Representations in Asia

    TAKEZAWA Yasuko

    Though there is no biological validity to race,...
    Though there is no biological validity to race, it continues to play a central role in various aspects of our daily lives. What, then, generates and reinforces the reality of race, and in what ways...
  • A Maritime History of East Asia A Maritime History of East Asia
    $42.95
    A Maritime History of East Asia

    HANEDA Masashi, OKA Mihoko

    This book takes the reader on a fascinating jou...
    This book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of a region from the perspective of the interactions that occurred on and were facilitated by the sea. The book is divided in...
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    An Ecological View of History An Ecological View of History
    $29.95
    An Ecological View of History

    UMESAO Tadao, BEFU Harumi

    This is the first English version of Tadao Umes...
    This is the first English version of Tadao Umesao's classic, published first in Japanese in 1957, with a full description of his ecological theory of civilizations of Eurasia. Dividing the Eurasian...