Researching Twenty-First Century Japan
New Directions and Approaches for the Electronic Age
Herausgeber: Iles, Timothy; Matanle, Peter
Researching Twenty-First Century Japan
New Directions and Approaches for the Electronic Age
Herausgeber: Iles, Timothy; Matanle, Peter
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A wide-ranging collection of essays on diverse aspects of contemporary Japan, held together by the thread of continuity within change, this volume presents fifteen distinct points of view on aspects from immigration to regulatory reform to critical thinking in education to theatre, literature, and religion. The essays are provocative, international in scope, and deeply analyical of the challenges facing both Japan and scholars as they enter the twenty-first century.
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A wide-ranging collection of essays on diverse aspects of contemporary Japan, held together by the thread of continuity within change, this volume presents fifteen distinct points of view on aspects from immigration to regulatory reform to critical thinking in education to theatre, literature, and religion. The essays are provocative, international in scope, and deeply analyical of the challenges facing both Japan and scholars as they enter the twenty-first century.
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- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Seitenzahl: 400
- Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2012
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
- Gewicht: 730g
- ISBN-13: 9780739170144
- ISBN-10: 0739170147
- Artikelnr.: 34442607
- Verlag: Lexington Books
- Seitenzahl: 400
- Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2012
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
- Gewicht: 730g
- ISBN-13: 9780739170144
- ISBN-10: 0739170147
- Artikelnr.: 34442607
About the Editors: Timothy Iles is an Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where he teaches Japanese culture, cinema, and language. He has an MA from the University of British Columbia in Modern Japanese Literature, and a PhD from the University of Toronto, also in Modern Japanese Literature. He has taught courses on Japanese literature, theatre, culture, and cinema in Canada and the United States, and has published articles on those subjects. He is also author of Abe Kobo: an Exploration of his Prose, Drama, and Theatre (Fuccecio: European Press Academic Publishers, 2000), and The Crisis of Identity in Contemporary Japanese Film (Brill, 2008). Peter Matanle is a Lecturer in Japanese studies at the School of East Asian Studies (SEAS), University of Sheffield. He is the author of numerous publications in the sociology of work in Japan, including Japanese Capitalism and Modernity in a Global Era (Routledge, 2003) and Perspectives on Work, Employment and Society in Japan (Co-edited with Wim Lunsing, Palgrave, 2006). He is the founder and general editor of the electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies. Contributors: Darren-Jon Ashmore, Mio Bryce, Christoher Burgess, Paul James Cardwell, Andrew Elliott, Patrick Galbraith, Angelos Giannakopoulos, Mitsutoshi Horii, Kuniko Ishiguro, Wendy Nakanishi, Yoshiko Okuyama, Anthony Rausch, David Rear, Tomoko Shimoda, Utpal Vyas
List of Figures List of Tables Preface, Peter Matanle Introduction, Timothy
Iles Chapter 1: The Japan Foundation in China: An Agent of Japan's Soft
Power?, Utpal Vyas Chapter 2: Regulatory Reform in Japan 1994-2010 and the
Influence of the European Union, Paul James Cardwell Chapter 3: Party
Financing in Germany and Japan: Comparative Perspectives of Political
Corruption, Angelos Giannakopoulos, Konstadinos Maras, Shinya Amano Chapter
4: The Heisei Mergers in Contemporary Japan: A Step on the Road to a
Doshu-sei Realignment?, Anthony Rausch Chapter 5: The Dilemma of "Critical
Thinking": Conformism and Non-Conformism in Japanese Education Policy,
David Rear Chapter 6: The Emergence of Positive Fathering Roles in Japanese
Social Marketing, Tomoko Shimoda Chapter 7: Cell Phone as Metaphor:
Japanese Deaf and Hearing High School Students' Concepts of Mobile
Communication,Yoshiko Okuyama Chapter 8: Japanese Employment in
Transformation: The Growing Number of Non-Regular Worker, Kuniko Ishiguro
Chapter 9: Deprofessionalization of Buddhist Priests in Contemporary Japan,
Mitsutoshi Horii Chapter 10: Celebrating 'Multicultural Japan': Writings on
'Minorities' and the Discourse on 'Difference', Chris Burgess Chapter 11:
Ito and Isabella in the Contact Zone:Interpretation, Mimicry and Unbeaten
Tracks in Japan, Andrew Elliott Chapter 12: 'Desperate Housewives' in
Modern Japanese Fiction-Three Novels by Ariyoshi Sawako, Wendy Nakanishi
Chapter 13: Kiritake Masako's Maiden's Bunraku, Darren-Jon Ashmore Chapter
14: Manga and Anime: Fluidity and Hybridity in Global Imagery, Mio Bryce,
Christie Barber, and Amy Plumb Chapter 15: Moe: Exploring Virtual Potential
in Post-Millennial Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith
Iles Chapter 1: The Japan Foundation in China: An Agent of Japan's Soft
Power?, Utpal Vyas Chapter 2: Regulatory Reform in Japan 1994-2010 and the
Influence of the European Union, Paul James Cardwell Chapter 3: Party
Financing in Germany and Japan: Comparative Perspectives of Political
Corruption, Angelos Giannakopoulos, Konstadinos Maras, Shinya Amano Chapter
4: The Heisei Mergers in Contemporary Japan: A Step on the Road to a
Doshu-sei Realignment?, Anthony Rausch Chapter 5: The Dilemma of "Critical
Thinking": Conformism and Non-Conformism in Japanese Education Policy,
David Rear Chapter 6: The Emergence of Positive Fathering Roles in Japanese
Social Marketing, Tomoko Shimoda Chapter 7: Cell Phone as Metaphor:
Japanese Deaf and Hearing High School Students' Concepts of Mobile
Communication,Yoshiko Okuyama Chapter 8: Japanese Employment in
Transformation: The Growing Number of Non-Regular Worker, Kuniko Ishiguro
Chapter 9: Deprofessionalization of Buddhist Priests in Contemporary Japan,
Mitsutoshi Horii Chapter 10: Celebrating 'Multicultural Japan': Writings on
'Minorities' and the Discourse on 'Difference', Chris Burgess Chapter 11:
Ito and Isabella in the Contact Zone:Interpretation, Mimicry and Unbeaten
Tracks in Japan, Andrew Elliott Chapter 12: 'Desperate Housewives' in
Modern Japanese Fiction-Three Novels by Ariyoshi Sawako, Wendy Nakanishi
Chapter 13: Kiritake Masako's Maiden's Bunraku, Darren-Jon Ashmore Chapter
14: Manga and Anime: Fluidity and Hybridity in Global Imagery, Mio Bryce,
Christie Barber, and Amy Plumb Chapter 15: Moe: Exploring Virtual Potential
in Post-Millennial Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith
List of Figures List of Tables Preface, Peter Matanle Introduction, Timothy
Iles Chapter 1: The Japan Foundation in China: An Agent of Japan's Soft
Power?, Utpal Vyas Chapter 2: Regulatory Reform in Japan 1994-2010 and the
Influence of the European Union, Paul James Cardwell Chapter 3: Party
Financing in Germany and Japan: Comparative Perspectives of Political
Corruption, Angelos Giannakopoulos, Konstadinos Maras, Shinya Amano Chapter
4: The Heisei Mergers in Contemporary Japan: A Step on the Road to a
Doshu-sei Realignment?, Anthony Rausch Chapter 5: The Dilemma of "Critical
Thinking": Conformism and Non-Conformism in Japanese Education Policy,
David Rear Chapter 6: The Emergence of Positive Fathering Roles in Japanese
Social Marketing, Tomoko Shimoda Chapter 7: Cell Phone as Metaphor:
Japanese Deaf and Hearing High School Students' Concepts of Mobile
Communication,Yoshiko Okuyama Chapter 8: Japanese Employment in
Transformation: The Growing Number of Non-Regular Worker, Kuniko Ishiguro
Chapter 9: Deprofessionalization of Buddhist Priests in Contemporary Japan,
Mitsutoshi Horii Chapter 10: Celebrating 'Multicultural Japan': Writings on
'Minorities' and the Discourse on 'Difference', Chris Burgess Chapter 11:
Ito and Isabella in the Contact Zone:Interpretation, Mimicry and Unbeaten
Tracks in Japan, Andrew Elliott Chapter 12: 'Desperate Housewives' in
Modern Japanese Fiction-Three Novels by Ariyoshi Sawako, Wendy Nakanishi
Chapter 13: Kiritake Masako's Maiden's Bunraku, Darren-Jon Ashmore Chapter
14: Manga and Anime: Fluidity and Hybridity in Global Imagery, Mio Bryce,
Christie Barber, and Amy Plumb Chapter 15: Moe: Exploring Virtual Potential
in Post-Millennial Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith
Iles Chapter 1: The Japan Foundation in China: An Agent of Japan's Soft
Power?, Utpal Vyas Chapter 2: Regulatory Reform in Japan 1994-2010 and the
Influence of the European Union, Paul James Cardwell Chapter 3: Party
Financing in Germany and Japan: Comparative Perspectives of Political
Corruption, Angelos Giannakopoulos, Konstadinos Maras, Shinya Amano Chapter
4: The Heisei Mergers in Contemporary Japan: A Step on the Road to a
Doshu-sei Realignment?, Anthony Rausch Chapter 5: The Dilemma of "Critical
Thinking": Conformism and Non-Conformism in Japanese Education Policy,
David Rear Chapter 6: The Emergence of Positive Fathering Roles in Japanese
Social Marketing, Tomoko Shimoda Chapter 7: Cell Phone as Metaphor:
Japanese Deaf and Hearing High School Students' Concepts of Mobile
Communication,Yoshiko Okuyama Chapter 8: Japanese Employment in
Transformation: The Growing Number of Non-Regular Worker, Kuniko Ishiguro
Chapter 9: Deprofessionalization of Buddhist Priests in Contemporary Japan,
Mitsutoshi Horii Chapter 10: Celebrating 'Multicultural Japan': Writings on
'Minorities' and the Discourse on 'Difference', Chris Burgess Chapter 11:
Ito and Isabella in the Contact Zone:Interpretation, Mimicry and Unbeaten
Tracks in Japan, Andrew Elliott Chapter 12: 'Desperate Housewives' in
Modern Japanese Fiction-Three Novels by Ariyoshi Sawako, Wendy Nakanishi
Chapter 13: Kiritake Masako's Maiden's Bunraku, Darren-Jon Ashmore Chapter
14: Manga and Anime: Fluidity and Hybridity in Global Imagery, Mio Bryce,
Christie Barber, and Amy Plumb Chapter 15: Moe: Exploring Virtual Potential
in Post-Millennial Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith