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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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  • Frontiers of Social Research Frontiers of Social Research
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    Frontiers of Social Research

    FURUKAWA Akira

    This title is the second volume of the Advanced...
    This title is the second volume of the Advanced Social Research series which Trans Pacific Press publishes in collaboration with Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan. In this collection, thirteen ess...
  • Intentional Social Change Intentional Social Change
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    Intentional Social Change

    SATO Yoshimichi

    Why do some efforts to implement social change ...
    Why do some efforts to implement social change succeed while others fail? Yoshimichi Sato observes in this book that existing theories focus on social action at either the micro- or the macro-level...
  • Inequality amid Affluence Inequality amid Affluence
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    Inequality amid Affluence

    HARA Junsuke, SEIYAMA Kazuo

    Highlighting the limits of existing approaches ...
    Highlighting the limits of existing approaches in the study of stratification in contemporary Japanese society, Inequality Amid Affluence adopts a new framework that distinguishes between the conce...
  • A Sociology of Happiness A Sociology of Happiness
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    A Sociology of Happiness

    KOSAKA Kenji

    Written by the sociologists at Kwansei Gakuin U...
    Written by the sociologists at Kwansei Gakuin University who are engaged in 'Social Research for the Enhancement of Human Well-being', this study explores issues of happiness from a wide variety of...
  • Youth Deviance in Japan Youth Deviance in Japan
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    Youth Deviance in Japan

    YODER Robert Stuart

    Based on fieldwork spanning two decades, this b...
    Based on fieldwork spanning two decades, this book presents a longitudinal study of deviance and crime among youths in Kanagawa-ken, with a focus upon two groups of young people - a working class g...
  • Native Anthropology Native Anthropology
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    Native Anthropology

    KUWAYAMA Takami

    A major task in contemporary anthropology is th...
    A major task in contemporary anthropology is the creation of dialogic space among all the people concerned with the culture studied, without privileging one kind of discourse over another. Seen glo...
  • Gender and Modernity Gender and Modernity
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    Gender and Modernity

    HAYAMI Yoko, TANABE Akio, TOKITA-TANABE Yumiko

    Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic fieldwork, ...
    Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic fieldwork, this anthology examines the complexities of identity formation and self-positioning in post-colonial contexts, ranging from the impact of Christian mi...
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    Farewell to Nippon Farewell to Nippon
    $29.00
    Farewell to Nippon

    SATO Machiko

    This study presents an ethnographic account of ...
    This study presents an ethnographic account of a fresh breed of emigrants who have left Japan to settle in Australia in pursuit of a better quality of life. They differ from "economic migrants" who...
  • Foreign Migrants in Contemporary Japan Foreign Migrants in Contemporary Japan
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    Foreign Migrants in Contemporary Japan

    KOMAI Hiroshi

    This book overviews the present situation of fo...
    This book overviews the present situation of foreign migrants in Japan, based on the latest and most comprehensive available data, and presents necessary policy recommendations. Special attention i...
  • Globalization and Social Change in Contemporary Japan Globalization and Social Change in Contemporary Japan
    $26.00
    Globalization and Social Change in Contemporary Japan

    EADES J.S.

    Analysis of Japanese society has been hampered ...
    Analysis of Japanese society has been hampered by its use of static models: by its assumption that there is a unique and unchanging structure explainable by reference to a handful of native terms. ...
  • Coming Out in Japan Coming Out in Japan
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    Coming Out in Japan

    YANASE Ryuta, ITO Satoru

    Traditionally the Japanese have shunned those n...
    Traditionally the Japanese have shunned those not fitting the majority heterosexual mould. Those with a homosexual orientation have always endured an uncomfortable existence in a culture which cond...
  • Lives of Young Koreans in Japan Lives of Young Koreans in Japan
    $49.95
    Lives of Young Koreans in Japan

    FUKUOKA Yasunori

    Japan exercised colonial rule over Korea from 1...
    Japan exercised colonial rule over Korea from 1910 to 1945 and many Koreans emigrated to Japan during this period. Today, these Korean migrants and their descendants, who are referred to as Zainich...