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An Introduction to Japanese Society by Yoshio Sugimoto,

An Introduction to Japanese Society by Yoshio Sugimoto,
In a second edition of his book which has become essential reading for students of Japanese society, Yoshio Sugimoto uses both English and Japanese sources to update and expand upon his original narrative. In so doing he challenges the traditional notion that Japan comprises a uniform culture, and draws attention to its subcultural diversity and class competition. The author also examines what he calls 'friendly authoritarianism' - the force behind the Japanese tendency to be ostensibly faithful to particular groups and companies. The book offers a wide-ranging approach to all aspects of Japanese society, with chapters on class, geographical and generational variation, work, education, gender, minorities, popular culture and the establishment. As a reviewer of the first edition noted, 'Accolades to Yoshio Sugimoto for his latest contribution to contemporary literature on Japan, An Introduction to Japanese Society, which is wide-ranging, thought-provoking and comprehensive.



Becoming Japanese: Colonial Taiwan and the Politics of Identity Formation by Leo Ching,
Becoming Japanese: Colonial Taiwan and the Politics of Identity Formation by Leo Ching,
IN 1895, Japan acquired Taiwan as its first formal colony after a resounding victory in the Sino-Japanese war. For the next fifty years, Japanese rule devastated and transformed the entire socioeconomic and political fabric of Taiwanese society. In Becoming "Japanese", Leo Ching examines the formation of Taiwanese political and cultural identities under the dominant Japanese colonial discourse of assimilation (doka) and imperialization (kominka) from the early 1920s to the end of the Japanese Empire in 1945. Becoming "Japanese" analyzes the ways in which the Taiwanese struggled, negotiated, and collaborated with Japanese colonialism during the cultural practices of assimilation and imperialization. It chronicles a historiography of colonial identity formations that delineates the shift from a collective and heterogeneous political horizon to a personal and inner struggle of becoming "Japanese". Successfully bridging history and literary studies, this bold and imaginative book rethinks the history of Japanese rule in Taiwan by radically expanding its approach to colonial discourses. Showing the ways that Taiwanese identities were produced in the interstices of nationalist China, imperialist Japan, and colonial Taiwan, Ching transcends the national boundaries that all too often enclose our studies of colonial discourses. His deft analysis and movement from the colonial politics of nationalism to postcolonial identity politics in Taiwan change the way we look at both.



Empire of Japan (culture, religion and education) - The ancient Japanese culture was rich in theatre, poetry and short stories. This in some ways conflicted with the portions of the culture based in military, feudal society and emperor worship.

List of Japanese Americans - The following is a list of famous Japanese Americans who have made significant contributions to the American culture or society artistically or scientifically, or have appeared in the news numerous times:

Mangajin - Mangajin was a monthly English-language magazine for students of Japanese language and culture. It was distinct from many other magazines of its type in that it unabashedly embraced Japanese popular culture as a learning tool and a route towards rapid acclimation into Japanese society.

Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform - Japanese Society for History Textbook Reform (新しい歴史教科書をつくる会) is a group founded in 1997 to promote a revised view of Japanese history. The group was responsible for authoring a history textbook published from Fusosha (扶桑社), which was heavily criticised by China and South Korea for not including full accounts of or downplaying wartime activities of Imperial Japan during World War II, such as reference to the Nanjing Massacre ( ...



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Society and Culture - Society and Culture Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture This revised edition of Reproduction, one of social science's most frequently cited texts incorporates a re-issue of the original text with a new introduction by Pierre Bourdieu. A key work in the development of a social scientific analysis of culture, Reproduction connects cultural phenomena firmly to the structural characteristics of a society, society and culture and shows how the culture produced by this structure in turn helps to maintain it. ...

Society and Culture - Society and Culture Culture and Society 1780-1950 - Culture and Society 1780-1950 (ISBN 0231057016) is a book on culture by Raymond Williams, first published in 1958. International Society for Ecology and Culture - The International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) was started in 1975 and was founded by Helena Norberg-Hodge. In 1986 it received the Right Livelihood Award. Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture - Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture is an intellectual journal founded ...

Japanese Culture and Society - Japanese Culture and Society Understanding Japanese Society As Japan enters the 21st century with a new emperor, this title continues to be an indispensable guide through often enigmatic japanese culture and society and historical idiosyncrasies of Japanese culture japanese culture and society and politics that are often confusing to the outsider. Fully updated, revised japanese culture and society and expanded, this is a welcome new edition of this best-selling book that has provided an accessible japanese culture and society and ...

Society and Culture - Society and Culture Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture This revised edition of Reproduction, one of social science's most frequently cited texts incorporates a re-issue of the original text with a new introduction by Pierre Bourdieu. A key work in the development of a social scientific analysis of culture, Reproduction connects cultural phenomena firmly to the structural characteristics of a society, society and culture and shows how the culture produced by this structure in turn helps to maintain it. ...

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