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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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  • Japan-Netherlands Trade 1600-1800 Japan-Netherlands Trade 1600-1800
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    Japan-Netherlands Trade 1600-1800

    SUZUKI Yasuko

    In the early modern period, relations between t...
    In the early modern period, relations between the Netherlands and Japan were founded on trade. The Dutch United East India Company operated in Japan for over 100 years, from 1609 to the early 18th ...
  • The Bushmen
    $99.95
    The Bushmen

    TANAKA Jiro

    The Bushmen archives nearly 50 years of researc...
    The Bushmen archives nearly 50 years of research with some of Southern Africa's remotest groups. Author Jiro Tanaka's deep connection with his subject matter is evident through his insightful and o...
  • The Gidra The Gidra
    $89.95
    The Gidra

    KAWABE Toshio

    For 25 years, author Toshio Kawabe and his coll...
    For 25 years, author Toshio Kawabe and his colleagues periodically lived and worked among the Gidra people of the tropical wet lowland of Papua New Guinea. In this book, Kawabe reports on a continu...
  • 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...
  • Meeting the Challenges of Elder Care
    $89.95
    Meeting the Challenges of Elder Care

    SAITO Yayoi

    Based on comparative and collaborative studies ...
    Based on comparative and collaborative studies of Japanese and Norwegian specialists, this book focuses upon the critical analysis of 'rationality of care' with an empirical examination of care ser...
  • Arctic Pastoralist Sakha Arctic Pastoralist Sakha
    $84.95
    Arctic Pastoralist Sakha

    TAKAKURA Hiroki

    The Sakha - traditional cattle and horse pastor...
    The Sakha - traditional cattle and horse pastoralists and one of the largest ethnic minorities in Siberia - hold a unique position in human adaptation. This book focuses on the cultural history, pr...
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    People on the Move People on the Move
    $79.95
    People on the Move

    SODA Ryoji

    Based on participant observation and interviews...
    Based on participant observation and interviews in a village in Sarawak, Ryoji Soda examines outward migration from the village, the migrants' living strategies in urban areas, their frequent moves...
  • Dislocating Nation-States Dislocating Nation-States
    $79.95
    Dislocating Nation-States

    ABINALES Patricio N., ISHIKAWA Noboru, TANABE Akio

    As much of the world turns its attention to que...
    As much of the world turns its attention to questions of the role and even survival of the nation-state formation in an increasingly globalized world, the authors of this interdisciplinary volume s...
  • 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...
  • Bushman Folktales
    $59.95
    Bushman Folktales

    TANAKA Jiro

    In the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, tale...
    In the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, tales tell of animals who talk to each other, deceive each other and easily transform themselves into human beings. The author, who has followed the lives...
  • Baseball in Occupied Japan
    $59.95
    Baseball in Occupied Japan

    TANIKAWA Takeshi

    How was baseball used to promote U.S. values in...
    How was baseball used to promote U.S. values in occupied Japan? The first post-war Japanese professional baseball game was held on November 23, 1945, just 100 days after the end of World War II. D...
  • 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...