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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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  • Nationalism and Gender Nationalism and Gender
    $29.95
    Nationalism and Gender

    UENO Chizuko

    This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "m...
    This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive battle over how Japan's history should be remembered constitutes the most recent, and perhaps the mos...
  • 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...
  • Gender Gymnastics Gender Gymnastics
    $34.95
    Gender Gymnastics

    STICKLAND Leonie

    The artifice of gender performance - sometimes ...
    The artifice of gender performance - sometimes playful, mostly conscientious - has enthralled and entertained audiences of Japan's all-female Takarazuka Revue for more than 90 years. The dashing ma...
  • Women and Soldiers
    $34.99
    Women and Soldiers

    CHAZONO Toshimi

    After World War II, for a variety of reasons, s...
    After World War II, for a variety of reasons, some women in Japan had intimate relations with occupying US soldiers. These women were called ‘panpan’, a derogatory label, and to this day have been ...
  • Women on the Right
    $37.95
    Women on the Right

    SUZUKI Ayaka

    Right-wing social movements have been increasin...
    Right-wing social movements have been increasingly active in Japan since around 2000. Female members of right-wing political parties and other women activists on the right, including "internet righ...
  • Widows of Japan Widows of Japan
    $34.95
    Widows of Japan

    AOKI Deborah Mcdowell

    This book presents a wide-ranging study of wido...
    This book presents a wide-ranging study of widows in Japan, filtered through the dramatic and complex intersection of women with death. These experiences are portrayed as intensely personal and yet...
  • Gender and Career in Japan Gender and Career in Japan
    $34.95
    Gender and Career in Japan

    SUZUKI Atsuko

    In Japanese society, gender has long been a maj...
    In Japanese society, gender has long been a major determinant of individuals' work-career and life trajectory. Due to the complexity of this social phenomenon, Gender and Career in Japan probes the...
  • Gender and Modernity Gender and Modernity
    $34.95
    Gender and Modernity

    HAYAMI Yoko, TANABE Akio, TOKITA-TANABE Yumiko

    Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic fieldwork, ...
    Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic fieldwork, this anthology examines the complexities of identity formation and self-positioning in post-colonial contexts, ranging from the impact of Christian mi...
  • 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...