Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Sugimoto, Yoshio

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime and manga in the visual arts. The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture traces the cultural transformation that took place over the course of the twentieth century, and paints a picture of a nation rich in cultural diversity. With contributions from some of the most prominent scholars in the field, The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture is an authoritative introduction to this subject.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107486751
• Artikelnr.: 52826773

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Map
Culture of 'Japanese culture': an overview Yoshio Sugimoto
1. Concepts of Japan, Japanese culture, the Japanese Harumi Befu
2. Japan's emic conceptions Takami Kuwayama
3. Language Hugh Clarke
4. Family culture Anne Imamura
5. School culture Kaori H. Okano
6. Work culture Ross Mouer
7. Technological culture Morris Low
8. Religious culture Stephen Covell
9. Political culture Takashi Inoguchi
10. Buraku culture Hideo Aoki
11. Literature Toshiko Ellis
12. Popular leisure Sepp Linhart
13. Manga, anime and visual art culture Craig Norris
14. Music culture Junko Kitagawa
15. Housing culture Ann Waswo
16. Food culture Naomichi Ishige
17. Sports culture Miho Koishikawa
18. Globalisation and cultural nationalism Takashi Inoguchi
19. Export of cultural goods Ross Mouer and Craig Norris.