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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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  • Others
    $45.95
    Others

    KAWAI Kaori

    As the sequel to Groups (2013) and Institutions...
    As the sequel to Groups (2013) and Institutions (2017), Others is the third work produced by a collaborative research project involving primatologists and anthropologists on the evolutionary histor...
  • Living on the Streets in Japan Living on the Streets in Japan
    $35.95
    Living on the Streets in Japan

    FILLER Stephen, MARUYAMA Satomi

    Homelessness has been recognized as a serious p...
    Homelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the dominant model of a "homeless person" has been that of an unemployed male laborer - a model that has largely ...
  • Human Survivability Studies Human Survivability Studies
    $89.95
    Human Survivability Studies

    KAWAI Shuichi, FUJITA Masakatsu, KAWAI Eriko

    The challenges we face today are growing conspi...
    The challenges we face today are growing conspicuously broad in scale and complex in nature. Human Survivability Studies is a new transdisciplinary field born from the growing awareness of the urge...
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    Others in Japanese Agriculture Others in Japanese Agriculture
    $84.85
    Others in Japanese Agriculture

    YASUOKA Kenichi

    Japan's national identity associates the 'Japan...
    Japan's national identity associates the 'Japanese people' with the Japanese land, making the farmer the backbone of the nation. Others in Japanese Agriculture challenges this mythology, revealing ...
  • Learning English in Japan Learning English in Japan
    $84.95
    Learning English in Japan

    TERASAWA Takunori

    Multiple discourses circulate Japanese society ...
    Multiple discourses circulate Japanese society surrounding the relationship between Japanese people and the English language. For example, 'Japanese people are the worst English speakers in Asia,' ...
  • An Anthropology of Things An Anthropology of Things
    $42.95
    An Anthropology of Things

    TOKORO Ikuya, KAWAI Kaori

    The aim of this book is to highlight the import...
    The aim of this book is to highlight the important roles that things play in our everyday lives by examining how things and humans interact. Based on ethnographical data from Asia, Africa, and Ocea...
  • Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.2 Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.2
    $54.95
    Boundaries of 'the Japanese' Vol.2

    OGUMA Eiji

    In this the parallel volume to The Boundaries o...
    In this the parallel volume to The Boundaries of 'the Japanese': Volume 1: Okinawa 1818-1972 (2014), renowned historical sociologist Eiji Oguma further explores the fluctuating political, geographi...
  • Institutions Institutions
    $99.95
    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...
  • God, Man and Domesticated Animals God, Man and Domesticated Animals
    $84.95
    God, Man and Domesticated Animals

    TANI Yutaka

    This book is a fascinating exploration into how...
    This book is a fascinating exploration into how European attitudes that measure human achievements by their extent of control over nature is a cultural and historical product of the ancient Middle ...
  • Creating Subaltern Counterpublics Creating Subaltern Counterpublics
    $89.95
    Creating Subaltern Counterpublics

    SEO Akwi

    This is a study of a political and social movem...
    This is a study of a political and social movement instigated by older Korean women in Japan, beginning in the 1990s. Koreans in Japan have occupied an unique position among ethnic minority groups....
  • Japan's Ultra-Right Japan's Ultra-Right
    $39.95
    Japan's Ultra-Right

    HIGUCHI Naoto

    This book is a comprehensive account of the nat...
    This book is a comprehensive account of the nativist movement in Japan today. Naoto Higuchi uses the life histories of activists to establish that the basis of their support for the movement is the...
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    A History of Modern Chemistry
    $66.92
    A History of Modern Chemistry

    HIROTA Noboru

    Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical a...
    Noboru Hirota has produced a major historical analysis of how the field of chemistry has evolved over centuries. Spanning more than eight hundred pages, this book presents an exhaustive study of th...