Japan in Singapore: Cultural Occurrences and Cultural Flows

ISBN-13: 9780700712458 / Twarda / 2000 / 248 str.

India) Clammer John (O P Jindal Global University

Opis

This text examines the profound impact Japanese presence has had on Southeast Asia, not only in terms of economic presence, but also in terms of an increasingly visible cultural presence.

Recenzje

'Gives a good insight into the thematic field of culture contact under globalization.' - Internationales Asienforum

'A refreshing contribution ... thematically coherent and conceptually sophisticated [it] has effectively highlighted many of the paradoxes, contradictions and fault-lines in Japan's relations with her neighbours in East Asia.' - Asian Studies Review

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Japan in Southeast Asia: An Introductory Essay, JohnClammer, EyalBen-Ari; Chapter 2 “Global Talk”? Discourse and Cognition among Japanese Business Managers in Singapore, Eyal Ben-Ari; Chapter 3 Japan as a Model for Economic Development: The Example of Singapore, Thomas A. Stanley; Chapter 4 Twice Marginalized: Single Japanese Female Expatriates in Singapore, Eyal Ben-Ari, Yong Yin Fong Vanessa; Chapter 5 Books, Consumption, and the Movement of Japanese Business to Singapore, Mien Woon Ng, Eyal Ben-Ari; Chapter 6 “Where got Japanese Influence in Singapore!”, Chua Beng Huat; Chapter 7 “Not-Precisely-Work”: Golf, Entertainment and Imbibement Among Japanese Business Executives in Singapore, Eyal Ben-Ari; Chapter 8 The Happiness-Making Machine: Soka Gakkai and Japanese Cultural Presence in Singapore, Clammer John; Chapter 9 Tenrikyo in Singapore: Rerepresenting the Japanese Presence, Tina Hamrin; References Index;

O autorze

Adrian Ari, John Clammer