Researching twenty-first century Japan : new directions and approaches for the electronic age
著者
書誌事項
Researching twenty-first century Japan : new directions and approaches for the electronic age
Lexington Books, 2012
- : cloth
大学図書館所蔵 全18件
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
収録内容
- The Japan Foundation in China : an agent of Japan's soft power? / Utpal Vyas
- Regulatory reform in Japan and the influence of the European Union / Paul James Cardwell
- Party financing in Germany and Japan : comparative perspectives of political corruption / Angelos Giannakopoulos, Konstadinos Maras, Shinya Amano
- The Heisei mergers in contemporary Japan : a step on the road to a Dōshū-sei realignment? / Anthony Rausch
- The dilemma of "critical thinking" : conformism and non-conformism in Japanese education policy / David Rear
- The emergence of positive fathering roles in Japanese social marketing / Tomoko Shimoda
- Cell phone as metaphor : Japanese deaf and hearing students' concepts of mobile communication / Yoshiko Okuyama
- Japanese employment in transformation : the growing number of non-regular workers / Kuniko Ishiguro
- Deprofessionalization of Buddhist priests in contemporary Japan / Mitsutoshi Horii
- Celebrating "multicultural Japan" : writings on "minorities" and the discourse on "difference" / Chris Burgess
- Ito and Isabella in the contact zone : interpretation, mimicry and unbeaten tracks in Japan / Andrew Elliott
- "Desperate housewives" in modern Japanese fiction : three novels by Ariyoshi Sawako / Wendy Nakanishi
- Kiritake Masako's Maiden's Bunraku / Darren-Jon Ashmore
- Manga and anime : fluidity and hybridity in global imagery / Mio Bryce, Christie Barber, and Amy Plumb
- Moe: exploring virtual potential in post-millennial Japan / Patrick W. Galbraith
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The aim of this project is to bring together fifteen extensively revised, peer-reviewed articles by international scholars covering a diverse range of fields-from cinema to economics to history to the social sciences-addressing issues in contemporary Japan. These fifteen are all contributors to the first ten years of the EJCJS-the Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies. The principal strengths of this volume are its diversity of approaches and its fundamentally interdisciplinary nature: it allows researchers in different fields to contribute to an overall understanding of Japan from the 1950s to the present. This 'understanding' is indeed comprehensive: chapters range from economics to politics to theatre, literature, immigration issues, religion, and multiculturalism. The chapters are uniformly precise in their analyses, drawing on many different forms of research, from textual analysis, historical documentation, linguistic analysis, to participant interviews and media studies.
The diverse range of subject matter holds together very well, in that the contributors operate within a set of similar central values: the primacy of practical research over theory; the centrality of Japan even in studies which situate that country internationally; clarity of expression over jargon; and the desire to include readers through rhetorical care rather than exclude through esoteric applications of over-specialised terminology or assumptions. The chapters, while academic and informed by current scholarship, are accessible to general readers with interest in contemporary Japan.
In this, the volume distinguishes itself as a highly readable, pertinent compendium of scholarship on contemporary Japan. It does not aim to be 'all things for all readers' but rather demonstrates to its readership the ways in which diverse aspects of contemporary Japan interlock and influence each other. Thus, aspects of contemporary religion show the influence of current economic conditions, while questions of Japanese identity reflect immigration issues and aspects of multiculturalism, while emerging in contemporary Japanese forms of mobile communication and linguistic change.
Japan emerges as a complex, interwoven whole in this volume, but a whole which, as the chapters demonstrate, is amenable to scholarship from both insider and 'outsider' alike. The international contributors all have equal merit and equal voice here, to give a true multidisciplinary portrait of this intricate, culturally, historically, and economically vital nation.
目次
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface, Peter Matanle
Introduction, Timothy Iles
Chapter 1: The Japan Foundation in China: An Agent of Japan's Soft Power?, Utpal Vyas
Chapter 2: Regulatory Reform in Japan 1994-2010 and the Influence of the European Union, Paul James Cardwell
Chapter 3: Party Financing in Germany and Japan: Comparative Perspectives of Political Corruption, Angelos Giannakopoulos, Konstadinos Maras, Shinya Amano
Chapter 4: The Heisei Mergers in Contemporary Japan: A Step on the Road to a Doshu-sei Realignment?, Anthony Rausch
Chapter 5: The Dilemma of "Critical Thinking": Conformism and Non-Conformism in Japanese Education Policy, David Rear
Chapter 6: The Emergence of Positive Fathering Roles in Japanese Social Marketing, Tomoko Shimoda
Chapter 7: Cell Phone as Metaphor: Japanese Deaf and Hearing High School Students' Concepts of Mobile Communication,Yoshiko Okuyama
Chapter 8: Japanese Employment in Transformation: The Growing Number of Non-Regular Worker, Kuniko Ishiguro
Chapter 9: Deprofessionalization of Buddhist Priests in Contemporary Japan, Mitsutoshi Horii
Chapter 10: Celebrating 'Multicultural Japan': Writings on 'Minorities' and the Discourse on 'Difference', Chris Burgess
Chapter 11: Ito and Isabella in the Contact Zone:Interpretation, Mimicry and Unbeaten Tracks in Japan, Andrew Elliott
Chapter 12: 'Desperate Housewives' in Modern Japanese Fiction-Three Novels by Ariyoshi Sawako, Wendy Nakanishi
Chapter 13: Kiritake Masako's Maiden's Bunraku, Darren-Jon Ashmore
Chapter 14: Manga and Anime: Fluidity and Hybridity in Global Imagery, Mio Bryce, Christie Barber, and Amy Plumb
Chapter 15: Moe: Exploring Virtual Potential in Post-Millennial Japan, Patrick W. Galbraith
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