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Routledge handbook of Japanese culture and society / edited by Victoria Lyon Bestor and Theodore C. Bestor, with Akiko Yamagata. - New York : Routledge, c2011. - xvi, 325 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. - Routledge handbooks .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-309) and index.

Showa-Era Japan and Beyond: From Imperial Japan to Japan Inc. / |r Peter Duus -- |t Four Cultures of Japanese Politics / |r David Leheny -- |t The Cultures and Politics of Language in Japan Today / |r Nanette Gottlieb -- |t Japanese Education and Education Reform / |r Roger Goodman -- |t Religion in Contemporary Japanese Lives / |r Mark R. Mullins -- |t Law and Society in Japan / |r Lawrence Repeta -- |t The Urbanization of the Japanese Landscape / |r Paul Waley -- |t Social Class and Social Identity in Postwar Japan / |r David Slater -- |t The Politics of Gender in Japan / |r Robin M. LeBlanc -- |t Change and Diversity in the Japanese Family / |r Merry White -- |t Japan's Queer Cultures / |r Mark McLelland -- |t Race, Ethnicity, and Minorities in Japan / |r Richard Siddle -- |t Life on the Margins in Japan: Homeless, Migrant Day Laborers, and People with Disabilities / |r Carolyn S. Stevens -- |t Aging and Social Welfare in Japan / |r Leng Leng Thang -- |t The New Prominence of the Civil Sector in Japan / |r Akihiro Ogawa -- |t Contemporary Architecture in Japan / |r William H. Coaldrake -- |t Japanese Film and Television / |r Aaron Gerow -- |t Manga and Anime: Entertainment, Big Business, and Art in Japan / |r Susan Napier -- |t Popular Music in Japan / |r Ian Condry -- |t The Sportscape of Contemporary Japan / |r William Kelly -- |t Cultural Flows: Japan and East Asia / Koichi Iwabuchi -- |r Cuisine and Identity in Contemporary Japan / |t Theodore C. Bestor.



ISBN: 9780415436496 (hbk.) 0415436494 (hbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Japan--Civilization--21st century.
Japan--Social conditions--21st century.

LC Class. No.: DS822.5 / .R68 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 952.05