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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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    Farming with Fire and Water Farming with Fire and Water
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    Farming with Fire and Water

    VIEN Tran Duc, RAMBO A. Terry

    This volume offers the first detailed descripti...
    This volume offers the first detailed description of 'composite swiddening,' a traditional Southeast Asian upland agricultural system that combines shifting cultivation fields on the hillsides with...
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    Myths and Realities Myths and Realities
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    Myths and Realities

    TAMADA Yoshifumi

    This study challenges the prevailing view that ...
    This study challenges the prevailing view that Thailand's democratization process in the 1990s was led by the active middle class. It presents an alternative explanation, examining certain 'passive...
  • Good Earths Good Earths
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    Good Earths

    ABE Ken-Ichi, NICKUM James E.

    China encompasses a wide range of natural envir...
    China encompasses a wide range of natural environments and human communities. Focusing on specific regional changes over time, this book presents empirical studies that examine the diversity of int...
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    The Modern Family in Japan The Modern Family in Japan
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    The Modern Family in Japan

    UENO Chizuko

    This award-winning book brings together Chizuko...
    This award-winning book brings together Chizuko Ueno's groundbreaking essays on the rise and fall of the modern family in Japan. Combining historical, sociological, anthropological, and journalisti...
  • Health and Social Disparity Health and Social Disparity
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    Health and Social Disparity

    KAWAKAMI Norito

    Do the rich live longer than the poor? To what ...
    Do the rich live longer than the poor? To what extent do class and occupational positions affect one's health? How does social capital relate to illness? In what ways does social structure influenc...
  • Cover of 'Japan's Whaling' by Hiroyuki Watanabe Back Cover of 'Japan's Whaling' by Hiroyuki Watanabe
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    Japan's Whaling

    WATANABE Hiroyuki

    Hiroyuki Watanabe investigates how the numerous...
    Hiroyuki Watanabe investigates how the numerous relationships between people and whales in Japan become reduced to the single relationship of killing whales for their meat. He argues that from the ...
  • Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan
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    Poverty and Social Welfare in Japan

    IWATA Masami, NISHIZAWA Akihiko

    Due to the chorus of admiration that recognizes...
    Due to the chorus of admiration that recognizes Japan having become the world's second largest economy in the latter half of the 20th century, the awareness of poverty in Japan has been concealed. ...
  • Gender Gymnastics Gender Gymnastics
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    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...
  • Status and Stratification Status and Stratification
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    Status and Stratification

    SHIMA Mutsuhiko

    Exploring the myriad ways that status and strat...
    Exploring the myriad ways that status and stratification manifest in different cultural contexts, this collection presents in-depth studies of a variety of cultural forms in Asia. The first of the ...
  • A Quest for Alternative Sociology A Quest for Alternative Sociology
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    A Quest for Alternative Sociology

    KOSAKA Kenji, OGINO Masahiro

    In 2003, a number of sociology and social work ...
    In 2003, a number of sociology and social work faculty members at Kwansei Gakuin University (Japan) commenced an ambitious program in pursuit of social research that might serve to enhance human we...
  • Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society
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    Globalization, Minorities and Civil Society

    HASEGAWA Koichi, YOSHIHARA Naoki

    One effect of globalization has been urban rest...
    One effect of globalization has been urban restructuring in various cities of Asia, increasing migration from Asia to European cities, and the intensification of debates about citizenship. The mult...
  • The Rise of Middle Classes in Southeast Asia The Rise of Middle Classes in Southeast Asia
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    The Rise of Middle Classes in Southeast Asia

    SHIRAISHI Takashi

    The rise of the new middle classes in Southeast...
    The rise of the new middle classes in Southeast Asia has brought about important transformations in various countries - politically, socially, economically, and culturally - while producing new 'Ea...