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This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive...

Hegemony of Homogeneity
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Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out of their acceptance of certain...
A Genealogy of 'Japanese' Self-images
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This book presents a counter-argument to the Japanese belief that they are a homogeneous nation...
Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.1
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The dynamics of inclusion and exclusion have operated for centuries in the island chain that...

A History of Modern Chemistry
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Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has...

Living on the Streets in Japan
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Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the...

Cultural Politics around East Asian Cinema 1939-2018
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This book examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East...
U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
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Throughout twenty-seven years of military occupation, US public affairs activities aimed to persuade the local...

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  • Conceptualizing the Malay World Conceptualizing the Malay World
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    Conceptualizing the Malay World

    SODA Naoki

    Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the in...
    Conceptualizing the Malay World explores the interrelations between the indigenization of "colonial knowledge" and the quest for pan-Malay identity in Malaya. In what way, to what extent and for wh...
  • Living on the Periphery Living on the Periphery
    $59.95
    Living on the Periphery

    NOBUTA Toshihiro

    Orang Asli is a generic name given to the indig...
    Orang Asli is a generic name given to the indigenous people living on the Malay Peninsula. Using extensive ethnographic data, Living on the Periphery reveals the way in which state-initiated develo...
  • One Malay Village One Malay Village
    $29.95
    One Malay Village

    TSUBOUCHI Yoshihiro

    In a society recognized for its multi-racial co...
    In a society recognized for its multi-racial constitution, the relative homogeneity of Kelantan has inspired numerous researchers to seek the "essence" of "Malay-ness" in the traditional ethnic eve...