Landscape has always played a vital role in shaping Japan's cultural identity. Imaginative Mapping analyzes how intellectuals of the Tokugawa and Meiji eras used specific features and aspects of the l
This study is an anthropological examination of an ethnic Japanese diaspora community living in an agricultural commune in Brazil. It analyzes the group’s search for identity, its place in the ethnic
This book explores the concept of 'girls' aesthetics,' where adult Japanese women create art works about 'girls' that resist motherhood. It traces their beginnings in homoerotic novels about schoolgir
Chigiri, a divorced single mother, lives in the countryside town where she grew up, caring for her sword-smith father whose trade and health are failing. Her life seems to be going nowhere. When a do
This book investigates economic, political, and cultural conditions that have led to transnational flows of culture in Asia. Coverage also looks at the consequences of an increasingly interconnected A
Japanese Diasporas examines the relationship of overseas Japanese and their descendents (Nikkei) with their home and host nations, focusing on the political, social and economic struggles of Nikkei. F
Designed for both layman and scholar, this comprehensive and authoritative reference allows users to find and identify over 11,000 names of Japanese artists and craftspeople, from all periods and in a
After the horrors of World War II in Asia - not least the systematic appalling mistreatment of Allied prisoners-of-war by the Japanese military - few would have predicted that Britain's relationship w
Why should we study language? How do the ways in which we communicate define our identities? And how is this all changing in the digital world? Since 1993, many have turned to Language, Culture, and S
