Routledge handbook of Japanese culture and society / edited by Victoria Lyon Bestor and Theodore C. Bestor, with Akiko Yamagata. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013. - 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. / Four Cultures of Japanese Politics / The Cultures and Politics of Language in Japan Today / Japanese Education and Education Reform / Religion in Contemporary Japanese Lives / Law and Society in Japan / The Urbanization of the Japanese Landscape / Social Class and Social Identity in Postwar Japan / The Politics of Gender in Japan / Change and Diversity in the Japanese Family / Japan's Queer Cultures / Race, Ethnicity, and Minorities in Japan / Life on the Margins in Japan: Homeless, Migrant Day Laborers, and People with Disabilities / Aging and Social Welfare in Japan / The New Prominence of the Civil Sector in Japan / Contemporary Architecture in Japan / Japanese Film and Television / Manga and Anime: Entertainment, Big Business, and Art in Japan / Popular Music in Japan / The Sportscape of Contemporary Japan / Cultural Flows: Japan and East Asia / Koichi Iwabuchi -- Theodore C. Bestor. Peter Duus -- David Leheny -- Nanette Gottlieb -- Roger Goodman -- Mark R. Mullins -- Lawrence Repeta -- Paul Waley -- David Slater -- Robin M. LeBlanc -- Merry White -- Mark McLelland -- Richard Siddle -- Carolyn S. Stevens -- Leng Leng Thang -- Akihiro Ogawa -- William H. Coaldrake -- Aaron Gerow -- Susan Napier -- Ian Condry -- William Kelly -- Cuisine and Identity in Contemporary Japan /




Japan--Civilization--21st century.
Japan--Social conditions--21st century.

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