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Victoria Bestor (Ed.) - Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society - 9780415709149 - V9780415709149
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Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society

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Description for Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society Paperback. Editor(s): Bestor, Victoria; Bestor, Theodore C.; Yamagata, Akiko. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFC; JHB; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 244 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.

The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society is an interdisciplinary resource that focuses on contemporary Japan and the social and cultural trends that are important at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This Handbook provides a cutting-edge and comprehensive survey of significant phenomena, institutions, and directions in Japan today, on issues ranging from gender and family, the environment, race and ethnicity, and urban life, to popular culture and electronic media. Written by an international team of Japan experts, the chapters included in the volume form an accessible and fascinating insight into Japanese culture and society. As such, the Handbook ... Read more

The Handbook will be of interest across a wide range of disciplines including Japanese Studies, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Sociology and Asian Studies in general.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
612g
Number of Pages
326
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415709149
SKU
V9780415709149
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Victoria Bestor (Ed.)
Victoria Lyon Bestor is Executive Director of the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources. Theodore C. Bestor is Reischauer Institute Professor of Social Anthropology and Japanese Studies at Harvard University.  Akiko Yamagata is a Museum Educator, focusing on East Asian art, at the Harvard Art Museums.

Reviews for Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society
'This is a tremendous book and should jump the queue of all those books on contemporary Japan you have been intending to read. The editors deserve kudos for putting together a stellar group of specialists and our gratitude for making them abandon the usually scholarly trappings. The chapters are written in an accessible and thoughtful style and focus on explaining ... Read more

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