Japanese Studies

Author : Akihiro Ogawa,Philip Seaton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000054200

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New Frontiers in Japanese Studies by Akihiro Ogawa,Philip Seaton Pdf

Over the last 70 years, Japanese Studies scholarship has gone through several dominant paradigms, from ‘demystifying the Japanese’, to analysis of Japanese economic strength, to discussion of global interest in Japanese popular culture. This book assesses this literature, considering future directions for research into the 2020s and beyond. Shifting the geographical emphasis of Japanese Studies away from the West to the Asia-Pacific region, this book identifies topic areas in which research focusing on Japan will play an important role in global debates in the coming years. This includes the evolution of area studies, coping with aging populations, the various patterns of migration and environmental breakdown. With chapters from an international team of contributors, including significant representation from the Asia-Pacific region, this book enacts Yoshio Sugimoto’s notion of ‘cosmopolitan methodology’ to discuss Japan in an interdisciplinary and transnational context and provides overviews of how Japanese Studies is evolving in other Asian countries such as China and Indonesia. New Frontiers in Japanese Studies is a thought-provoking volume and will be of great interest to students and scholars of Japanese and Asian Studies. The Introduction and Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : P. A. George
Publisher : Northern Book Centre
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Japan
ISBN : 8172112904

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Japanese Studies by P. A. George Pdf

Papers presented at the three day International Conference on "Changing Global Profile of Japanese Studies : Trends and Prospects", held at New Delhi during 6-8 March 2009.

Author : Kaori Okano,Yoshio Sugimoto
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351654968

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Rethinking Japanese Studies by Kaori Okano,Yoshio Sugimoto Pdf

Japanese Studies has provided a fertile space for non-Eurocentric analysis for a number of reasons. It has been embroiled in the long-running internal debate over the so-called Nihonjinron, revolving around the extent to which the effective interpretation of Japanese society and culture requires non-Western, Japan-specific emic concepts and theories. This book takes this question further and explores how we can understand Japanese society and culture by combining Euro-American concepts and theories with those that originate in Japan. Because Japan is the only liberal democracy to have achieved a high level of capitalism outside the Western cultural framework, Japanese Studies has long provided a forum for deliberations about the extent to which the Western conception of modernity is universally applicable. Furthermore, because of Japan’s military, economic and cultural dominance in Asia at different points in the last century, Japanese Studies has had to deal with the issues of Japanocentrism as well as Eurocentrism, a duality requiring complex and nuanced analysis. This book identifies variations amongst Japanese Studies academic communities in the Asia-Pacific and examines the extent to which relatively autonomous scholarship, intellectual approach or theories exist in the region. It also evaluates how studies on Japan in the region contribute to global Japanese Studies and explores their potential for formulating concrete strategies to unsettle Eurocentric dominance of the discipline.

Author : Helen Hardacre
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789004644861

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The Postwar Development of Japanese Studies in the United States by Helen Hardacre Pdf

This volume of twelve essays with useful bibliographies, in the fields of history, art, religion, literature, anthropology, political science, and law, documents the history of United States scholarship on Japan since 1945.

Author : Richard Perren
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Japan
ISBN : 0719024587

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Japanese Studies from Pre-History to 1990 by Richard Perren Pdf

Author : Helen Hardacre
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9004109811

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The Postwar Developments of Japanese Studies in the United States by Helen Hardacre Pdf

This volume of twelve essays with useful bibliographies, in the fields of history, art, religion, literature, anthropology, political science, and law, documents the history of United States scholarship on Japan since 1945.

Author : James D Babb
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1373 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412962353

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The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies by James D Babb Pdf

A welcome addition to any reading list for those interested in contemporary Japanese society. - Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Society, University of Oxford "I know no better book for an accessible and up-to-date introduction to this complex subject than The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japan Studies." - Hiroko Takeda, Associate Professor, Organization for Global Japanese Studies, University of Tokyo "Pioneering and nuanced in analysis, yet highly accessible and engaging in style." - Yoshio Sugimoto, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University The SAGE Handbook of Modern Japanese Studies includes outstanding contributions from a diverse group of leading academics from across the globe. This volume is designed to serve as a major interdisciplinary reference work and a seminal text, both rigorous and accessible, to assist students and scholars in understanding one of the major nations of the world. James D. Babb is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University.

Author : Thomas P. Rohlen
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780520341302

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Japan's High Schools by Thomas P. Rohlen Pdf

". . . Rohlen's book achieves exciting conjectural stances while providing us with rich and trustworthy substantive data and description. His treatment of schools as 'moral communities,' his call for new, culturally sensitive definitions of moral and creative goals in children's education, his interest in the consensus between parent, school, and society which underlies effective schooling are reason alone why this book should be read by anyone interested in the context and future of any educational system ... A splendid book for non-specialists, as well as for policymakers ... "--Merry T. White, The Review of Education "Rohlen uses education as the entering wedge for a good understanding of Japanese society in general. That the author was sensitive to and appreciative of Japanese ways is evident throughout."--Eloise Lee Leiterman, Christian Science Monitor "Never have I encountered a work on modem Japan which so skillfully captures what is intrinsically unique about the society. Indeed, Rohlen proves that comparative education need not be a litany of lifeless facts."--Linda Joffe, London Times Educational Supplement "On the basis of fourteen months of fieldwork in five Japanese high schools, the author integrates observation of the schools themselves with discussion of their relationships to higher education and society at large. . . . Rowen's conclusions offer insightful contributions to the current debate on secondary education in the United States."--Harvard Educational Review "The best introduction for many a year into the cultural mainsprings of Japanese society, the principles of its organization, and the way its citizens think and feel."--Ronald P. Dore, Journal of Japanese Studies

Author : Edwin McClellan
Publisher : U of M Center for Japanese Studies
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UVA:X004290922

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Studies in Modern Japanese Literature by Edwin McClellan Pdf

In Studies in Modern Japanese Literature, twenty-two students honor their mentor, Edwin McClellan, with essays and translations focusing on literature from the late nineteenth through the late twentieth centuries. The authors discussed range from Natsume S seki to Murakami Haruki, and the subjects that are dealt with include the flourishing of literary forms in response to the Ansei earthquake, the impact of Western styles on Japanese literature, and modern poetry. Together with the translations of short stories, fables, and a critical essay, these contributions provide an overview of modern Japanese literary history. Contributors include: Paul Anderer, Carole Cavanaugh, Robert Lyons Danly, Eto Jun, Susanna Fessler, Elaine Gerbert, Ken K. Ito, Kyoko Kurita, Phyllis I. Lyons, Andrew Markus, Minae Mizumura, James R. Morita, Christopher Michael Rich, Jay Rubin, William F. Sibley, Stephen Snyder, Tomi Suzuki, Alan Tansman, Richard Torrance, John Whittier Treat, Dennis Washburn, and Angela Yiu.

Author : Joy Hendry
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0415263832

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Understanding Japanese Society by Joy Hendry Pdf

As Japan enters the 21st century with a new emperor, this title continues to be an indispensable guide through often enigmatic and historical idiosyncrasies of Japanese culture and politics that are often confusing to the outsider. This title includes information on the latest social developments, customs, rituals, business culture, medicine and arts.

Author : Xuanli Liao
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9629962667

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Chinese Foreign Policy Think Tanks and China's Policy Towards Japan by Xuanli Liao Pdf

Examines Chinese foreign policy think tanks and their influence in China's foreign policy towards Japan between the late 1970s and late 1990s. Through case-studies, this book demonstrates a growing pluralistic trend in post-Mao China's foreign policy-making process.

Author : Joel Ralph Cohn
Publisher : Harvard Univ Asia Center
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 0674847113

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Studies in the Comic Spirit in Modern Japanese Fiction by Joel Ralph Cohn Pdf

Unlike traditional Japanese literature, with its rich tradition of comedy, modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with high seriousness. Cohn analyzes works by three writers--Ibuse Masuji (1898-1993), Dazai Osamu (1909-1948), and Inoue Hisashi (1934- )--that assault the notion that comedy cannot be part of serious literature.

Author : Ann Kumar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135784720

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Globalizing the Prehistory of Japan by Ann Kumar Pdf

This iconoclastic work on the prehistory of Japan and of South East Asia challenges entrenched views on the origins of Japanese society and identity. The social changes that took place in Japan in the time-period when the Jomon culture was replaced by the Yayoi culture were of exceptional magnitude, going far beyond those of the so-called Neolithic Revolution in other parts of the world. They included not only a new way of life based on wet-rice agriculture but also the introduction of metalworking in both bronze and iron, and furthermore a new architecture functionally and ritually linked to rice cultivation, a new religion, and a hierarchical society characterized by a belief in the divinity of the ruler. Because of its immense and enduring impact the Yayoi period has generally been seen as the very foundation of Japanese civilization and identity. In contrast to the common assumption that all the Yayoi innovations came from China and Korea, this work combines exciting new scientific evidence from such different fields as rice genetics, DNA and historical linguistics to show that the major elements of Yayoi civilization actually came, not from the north, but from the south.

Author : Michael K Bourdaghs
Publisher : U of M Center For Japanese Studies
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781929280612

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The Linguistic Turn in Contemporary Japanese Literary Studies by Michael K Bourdaghs Pdf

The 1970s and 1980s saw a revolution in Japanese literary criticism. A new generation of scholars and critics, many of them veterans of 1960s political activism, arose in revolt against the largely positivistic methodologies that had hitherto dominated postwar literary studies. Creatively refashioning approaches taken from the field of linguistics, the new scholarship challenged orthodox interpretations, often introducing new methodologies in the process: structuralism, semiotics, and phenomenological linguistics, among others. The radical changes introduced then continue to reverberate today, shaping the way Japanese literature is studied both at home and abroad. The Linguistic Turn in Contemporary Japanese Literary Studies is the first critical study of this revolution to appear in English. It includes translations of landmark essays published in the 1970s and 1980s by such influential figures as Noguchi Takehiko, Kamei Hideo, Mitani Kuniaki, and Hirata Yumi. It also collects nine new essays that reflect critically on the emergence of linguistics-based literary criticism and theory in Japan, exploring both the novel possibilities such theory created and the shortcomings that could not be overcome. Scholars from a variety of disciplines and fields probe the political and intellectual implications of this transformation and explore the exciting new pathways it opened up for the study of modern Japanese literature.

Author : Chee Meow Seah,Sidney Hayden Lesbirel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Japan
ISBN : UOM:39015037287664

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Japanese Studies in South East Asia by Chee Meow Seah,Sidney Hayden Lesbirel Pdf