Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society

ISBN-13: 9780415709149 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 326 str.

Opis

The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society is an interdisciplinary resource that focuses on contemporary Japan and the social and cultural trends that are important at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This Handbook provides a cutting-edge and comprehensive survey of significant phenomena, institutions, and directions in Japan today, on issues ranging from gender and family, the environment, race and ethnicity, and urban life, to popular culture and electronic media. Written by an international team of Japan experts, the chapters included in the volume form an accessible and fascinating insight into Japanese culture and society. As such, the Handbook will be an invaluable reference tool for anyone interested in all things Japanese. Students, teachers and professionals alike will benefit from the broad ranging discussions, useful links to online resources and suggested reading lists. The Handbook will be of interest across a wide range of disciplines including Japanese Studies, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology and Asian Studies in general.

Spis treści

Introduction Victoria Lyon Bestor, Theodore C. Bestor, and Akiko Yamagata  Part 1: Social Foundations: Showa-Era Japan and Beyond: From Imperial Japan to Japan Inc. – Peter Duus  Four Cultures of Japanese Politics David Leheny  The Cultures and Politics of Language in Japan Today Nanette Gottlieb  Japanese Education and Education Reform Roger Goodman  Religion in Contemporary Japanese Lives Mark R. Mullins   Law and Society in Japan Lawrence Repeta  The Urbanization of the Japanese Landscape Paul Waley  Part 2: Class, Identity, and Status: Social Class and Social Identity in Postwar Japan – David Slater  The Politics of Gender in Japan Robin M. LeBlanc  Change and Diversity in the Japanese Family Merry White  Japan’s Queer Cultures Mark McLelland  Race, Ethnicity, and Minorities in Japan Richard Siddle  Life on the Margins in Japan: Homeless, Migrant Day Laborers, and People with Disabilities Carolyn S. Stevens  Aging and Social Welfare in Japan Leng Leng Thang  The New Prominence of the Civil Sector in Japan Akihiro Ogawa  Part 3: Cool Japan: Contemporary Architecture in Japan – William H. Coaldrake  Japanese Film and Television Aaron Gerow  Manga and Anime: Entertainment, Big Business, and Art in Japan Susan Napier  Popular Music in Japan Ian Condry  The Sportscape of Contemporary Japan William Kelly  Cultural Flows: Japan and East Asia Koichi Iwabuchi  Cuisine and Identity in Contemporary Japan Theodore C. Bestor

O autorze

Victoria Lyon Bestor is Executive Director of the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources.

Theodore C. Bestor is Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and Japanese Studies at Harvard University. 

Akiko Yamagata is a Museum Educator, focusing on East Asian art, at the Harvard Art Museums.