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“The riotous, rich and multilayered nature of Japanese popular culture is crisply presented in student fans, bewildered teachers, and clueless scholars will all benefit from the way Tsutsui makes sense of the diverse styles, narratives, and images surfacing
Jeffrey W. Alexander examines how Western alcohol and innovative pharmaceuticals became so popular, available, and fashionable in Japan. He considers the people who brewed, distilled, synthesized, and marketed these products and explores what their advertising campaigns say about Japan’s shifting culture. is dean
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This book offers an accessible introduction to Japan’s pop creativity and its phenomenal influence on world culture, surveying forms from anime and manga to monster movies and Hello Kitty products. WILLIAM M. TSUTSUI
This book offers a concise, engaging introduction to the historical, political and cultural dynamics of Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous nation and home to the world’s largest and most diverse Muslim population. Kathleen M. Adams interweaves brief, anthropologically informed stories of aspects of everyday life in Indonesia with broader historical accounts of the region. KATHLEEN M. ADAMS
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