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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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  • Institutions Institutions
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    Institutions

    KAWAI Kaori

    As the sequel to Groups: The Evolution of Human...
    As the sequel to Groups: The Evolution of Human Sociality (2013), this book has broadened the discussion to examine the actions of people, apes, and monkeys in terms of 'what they do' by forming gr...
  • Groups
    $109.95
    Groups

    KAWAI Kaori

    Groups: The Evolution of Human Sociality is the...
    Groups: The Evolution of Human Sociality is the product of a collaborative project based at the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa at the Tokyo University of Foreign S...
  • Wily Monkeys
    $84.95
    Wily Monkeys

    OGAWA Hideshi

    Tibetan monkeys (Macaca thibetana) live at Mt. ...
    Tibetan monkeys (Macaca thibetana) live at Mt. Huangshan in Anhui province, China. They are called 'Duanweihou' in Chinese ('Duan' means short, 'wei' means tail, and 'hou' means monkey). They belon...
  • Diversity of Cognition
    $79.95
    Diversity of Cognition

    FUJITA Kazuo, ITAKURA Shoji

    Cognition is a form of adaptation to the enviro...
    Cognition is a form of adaptation to the environment. It has been invented by organisms with well-developed neural systems. Consequently, like other adaptive characteristics, cognition is, on one h...
  • A Search for the Origins of Human Speech A Search for the Origins of Human Speech
    $39.95
    A Search for the Origins of Human Speech

    KOJIMA Shozo

    An unrivaled world authority in the area, Shozo...
    An unrivaled world authority in the area, Shozo Kojima presents a detailed overview of chimpanzees' auditory sense and vocalization and demonstrates how human speech has evolved. Based on unique lo...
  • Social Organization of the Rufous Vanga
    $69.95
    Social Organization of the Rufous Vanga

    YAMAGISHI Satoshi

    For a few decades, Yamagishi and his associates...
    For a few decades, Yamagishi and his associates have studied the ecological and social behavior of the rufous, a unique species of birds in Madagascar. In this volume, the team summarizes the findi...