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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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  • Anthropology of Ba
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    Anthropology of Ba

    KAJIMARU Gaku, Caitlin Coker, KAZAMA Kazuhiro

    Do places influence human behavior? In everyday...
    Do places influence human behavior? In everyday thinking, spaces and places are generally seen as empty vessels where human activity occurs. Digging a bit deeper, we can distinguish spaces from pla...
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    Nationalism and Gender

    UENO Chizuko

    This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "m...
    This is written by a sociologist and Japan's "most famous feminist", Chizuko Ueno. A discursive battle over how Japan's history should be remembered constitutes the most recent, and perhaps the mos...
  • From Salvation to Spirituality From Salvation to Spirituality
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    From Salvation to Spirituality

    SHIMAZONO Susumu

    Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost socio...
    Susumu Shimazono, one of Japan's foremost sociologists of religion, deals with the development of popular religious and spiritual movements in Japan in the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries. A...
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    GOMES Albert G.

    This book, a joint publication with the Center ...
    This book, a joint publication with the Center for Orang Asli Concerns, Malaysia, provides an illustration of the impact of capitalism and modernity on an indigenous people, the Semai of Malaysia. ...
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    A History of the Pachinko Industry
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    A History of the Pachinko Industry

    HAN Jaehyang

    Pachinko parlors offer a form of gambling uniqu...
    Pachinko parlors offer a form of gambling unique to Japan located near train stations, in the suburbs and in other everyday living spaces. Before World War II, pachinko was born as a game for both ...
  • 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...
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    Paddy Soil Science

    KYUMA Kazutake

    This book is an important reference for those c...
    This book is an important reference for those concerned with the continuing sustainability of wet rice agriculture, which remains the staple diet for most people throughout Asia. Kazutake Kyuma dra...
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    Indonesia at the Crossroads

    OKAMOTO Masaaki

    After a swift and bloody regime change in 1998,...
    After a swift and bloody regime change in 1998, Indonesia established democratic institutions. Democratization over the first two decades of the 21st century fundamentally transformed Indonesia as ...
  • At the Edge of Mangrove Forest
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    At the Edge of Mangrove Forest

    OSAWA Takamasa

    This book explores the emergence of indigeneity...
    This book explores the emergence of indigeneity among the Suku Asli, a group of post-foragers living on the eastern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. In the past, despite indefinite ethnic boundaries an...
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    A History of Modern Chemistry
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    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...
  • Spirituality as a Way
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    Spirituality as a Way

    Carl Becker, KASHIO Naoki

    How do Japanese people foster spiritual awarene...
    How do Japanese people foster spiritual awareness? This book provides a fresh perspective on spirituality by highlighting the wisdom of Japan: ‘Way’ (pronounced michi or dō in Japanese), which mak...
  • Amorphous Dissent
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    Amorphous Dissent

    KINOSHITA Chigaya, TANAKA Hikaru, HORIE Takashi, KATO Tetsuro, TORIYAMA Atsushi, TANNO Kiyoto

    Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in the wak...
    Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011, Japan has seen a significant revival in its social activism. Large-scale social movements spran...
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