Routledge handbook of Japanes culture and society edited by Victoria Lyon Bestor, Theodore C. Bestor and Akiko Yamagata

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TextPublication details: Abingdon: Routledge, c2013.Description: xvi, 325 p.: ill.; 21 cmISBN:

9780415436496 (hbk)
9780415709149 (pbk)
9780203818459 (ebk)

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DDC classification:

952.05 BES/R

Contents:

Pt I SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS 1. Showa-era Japan and beyond: From Imperial Japan to Japan Inc. / Peter Duus -- 2. Four cultures of Japanese politics / David Leheny -- 3. The cultures and politics of language in Japan today / Nanette Gottlieb -- 4. Japanese education and education reform / Roger Goodman -- 5. Religion in contemporary Japanese lives Mark R. Mullins -- 6. Law and society in Japan / Lawrence Repeta -- 7. The urbanization of the Japanese landscape / Paul Waley Pt. II CLASS, IDENTITY, AND STATUS 8. Social class and social identity in postwar Japan / David H. Slater -- 9. The politics of gender in Japan / Robin M. LeBlanc -- 10. Change and diversity in the Japanese family / Merry White -- 11. Japan's queer cultures / mark McLelland -- 12. Race, ethnicity, and minorities in modern Japan / Richard Siddle -- 13. Life on the margins in Japan: Homeless, migrant day laborers, and people with disabilities / Carolyn S. Stevens -- 14. Aging and social welfare in Japan / Leng Leng thang -- 15. The new prominence of the civil sector in Japan / Akihiro Ogawa Pt. III COOL JAPAN 16. Contemporary architecture in Japan / William H. Coaldrake -- 17. Japanese film and television / Aaron Gerow -- 18. manga and anime: Entertainment, big business, and art in Japan / Susan Napier -- 19. Popular music in Japan Ian Condry -- 20. The sportscape of contemporary Japan / William W. Kelly -- 21. Cultural flows: Japan and East Asia / Koichi Iwabuchi -- 22. Cuisine and identity in contemporary Japan / Theodore C. Bestor

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	Reference Books	Central Library, Sikkim University Reference		Reference Collection		952.05 BES/R (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Not For Loan			P36501

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Pt I SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS
1. Showa-era Japan and beyond: From Imperial Japan to Japan Inc. / Peter Duus -- 2. Four cultures of Japanese politics / David Leheny -- 3. The cultures and politics of language in Japan today / Nanette Gottlieb -- 4. Japanese education and education reform / Roger Goodman -- 5. Religion in contemporary Japanese lives Mark R. Mullins -- 6. Law and society in Japan / Lawrence Repeta -- 7. The urbanization of the Japanese landscape / Paul Waley

Pt. II CLASS, IDENTITY, AND STATUS
8. Social class and social identity in postwar Japan / David H. Slater -- 9. The politics of gender in Japan / Robin M. LeBlanc -- 10. Change and diversity in the Japanese family / Merry White -- 11. Japan's queer cultures / mark McLelland -- 12. Race, ethnicity, and minorities in modern Japan / Richard Siddle -- 13. Life on the margins in Japan: Homeless, migrant day laborers, and people with disabilities / Carolyn S. Stevens -- 14. Aging and social welfare in Japan / Leng Leng thang -- 15. The new prominence of the civil sector in Japan / Akihiro Ogawa

Pt. III COOL JAPAN
16. Contemporary architecture in Japan / William H. Coaldrake -- 17. Japanese film and television / Aaron Gerow -- 18. manga and anime: Entertainment, big business, and art in Japan / Susan Napier -- 19. Popular music in Japan Ian Condry -- 20. The sportscape of contemporary Japan / William W. Kelly -- 21. Cultural flows: Japan and East Asia / Koichi Iwabuchi -- 22. Cuisine and identity in contemporary Japan / Theodore C. Bestor

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