Japanese Modernity and Welfare: State, C
β Ritu Vij (auth.)
π Library
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2007
π Palgrave Macmillan UK
π English
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Social Commentary on State and Society in Modern Japan
β Scribed by Yoneyuki Sugita (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 184
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This anthology analyzes societal and cultural aspects of modern Japan. It identifies the dynamic trend and undercurrent in Japan by addressing three key areas: modernization, internationalization, and memory and imagination. Using interdisciplinary and multi-language approaches, it discusses topics such as religion, ethnicity, civil society, art, public health, popular culture, war, identity and education. It is a valuable resource for scholars and graduate students with an interest in cutting-edge research analyses of Japanese / Asian studies.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Civil Religion and Second Modernity in Japan: A Sociological Analysis....Pages 7-30
Japan and the Rise of the Idea of Race: The Meiji Era Fusion of Foreign and Domestic Constructions....Pages 31-48
The 1922 Japanese Health Insurance Law: Toward a Corporatist Framework....Pages 49-65
Public Health in Occupied Japan Transformed by Statistical Quality Control....Pages 67-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
International Issues: Japanese Artists and the Problems with Borders....Pages 85-97
Discourses on Democracy and the (Re)Birth of Civil Society, 1945β1952: Mutual Aid and Cooperatist Modernity in Kitakyushu....Pages 99-116
Imagining America: The Origins of Japanese Public Opinion Toward the United States in the Cold War....Pages 117-139
Soft Powering Popular Culture: Discourse and Policy Making in Japanβs Content Industries....Pages 141-153
Blending Ethnicities: Perceptions of East Asian Identities Today....Pages 155-176
Back Matter....Pages 177-181
β¦ Subjects
Area Studies;Regional and Cultural Studies;Cultural Studies
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