Asian Studies 2022 HIGHLIGHTS
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GENDER HISTORY IN CHINA
Edited by Masako Kohama & Linda Grove How have femininity and masculinity been defined and understood in China, between prehistoric times and the present day? This book presents, for the first time in English, the work of leading Japanese scholars who examine the gender dynamics that have shaped and changed Chinese society over several thousand years. Feb 2022 524pp 9781925608106 Paperback US$37.95 9781925608090 Hardback US$69.95
AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF BA Place and Performance Co-Emerging
Edited by Caitlin Coker, Gaku Kajimaru & Kazuhiro Kazama
Focusing on the Japanese concept of ba - usually translated as ‘place' - this study recognises that places imbued with social meaning influence human behaviour. Drawing from a wide array of ethnographic studies, this collection illustrates various ways in which place and human agency co-emerge.
Jan 2022 204pp 9781925608045 Paperback US$35.95 9781925608038 Hardback US$45.95
AN INTIMATE JOURNEY Finding Myself Amongst the Sama-Bajau Waka Aoyama Offers a description of the lives of the Sama-Bajau people, based on ongoing ethnographic research conducted by the author in Davao City, the Philippines, for over two decades. The book portrays various aspects of the lives of six Sama-Bajau families, and at the same time reveals their inner worlds to the reader through first-person narratives. Jan 2022 428pp 9781925608205 Paperback US$34.95 9781920901448 Hardback US$79.95
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BASEBALL IN OCCUPIED JAPAN
US Postwar Cultural Policy Takeshi Tanikawa
Examines the revival of Japanese baseball in the occupation era, focusing on how the US government carried out its cultural diplomacy policy within the arena of sports. Chapters explore the various means by which the United States controlled and fostered sports in Japan as a form of cultural diplomacy.
Feb 2022 248pp 9781925608014 Paperback US$34.95 9781920901981 Hardback US$59.95
VIOLENCE AND DEMOCRACY The Collapse of One-Party Dominant Rule in India Kazuya Nakamizo Kyoto Area Studies on Asia The Bhagalpur riots occurred in the Indian state of Bihar during the 1989 Lok Sabha election campaign. In this book, Nakamizo comprehensively analyses the course of the political change that forms the background to these and other outbreaks of violence. Jan 2022 428pp 9781925608212 Paperback US$34.95 9781920901387 Hardback US$79.95
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CONCEPTUALIZING THE MALAY WORLD
Colonialism and Pan-Malay Identity in Malaya Naoki Soda
Kyoto Area Studies on Asia
Explores the interrelations between the Indigenisation of colonial knowledge and the quest for pan-Malay identity in Malaya. The book shows that while colonisers brought new concepts of ‘Malayness’ to Malaya, the Indigenisation of colonial knowledge entailed significant reinterpretation and appropriation.
Feb 2022 226pp 9781925608229 Paperback US$34.95 9781920901370 Hardback US$59.95
CULTURAL POLITICS AROUND EAST ASIAN CINEMA 1939-2018
LIVING ON THE STREETS IN JAPAN Homeless Women Break their Silence
Gives the homeless women of Japan a voice. By introducing a gender perspective to the analytic framework and challenging the conception of the homeless individual as a rational, autonomous subject, the author invites a critical reconsideration of homeless studies and of public policy.
Jul 2021 277pp 9781920901745 Paperback US$35.95 9781925608854 Hardback US$79.95
GRASSROOTS GLOBALIZATION
Reforestation and Cultural Revitalization in the Philippine Cordilleras Hiromu Shimizu Translated by Alexander Brown Kyoto Area Studies on Asia
In this long-term study of a remote village famous for its World Heritage-listed rice terraces, Hiromu Shimizu considers the extent to which globalisation has penetrated even the remote mountains of the Philippines at the grassroots level. Jul 2021 400pp 9781920901509 Paperback US$47.95 9781925608847 Hardback US$59.95
A MARITIME HISTORY OF EAST ASIA
Edited by Masashi Haneda & Mihoko Oka
Takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the history of the East Asia region, from the perspective of the interactions that occurred on and were facilitated by the sea. The book is divided into three parts, each of which focus on a different hundred-year period between 1250 and 1800.
Apr 2021 392pp 9781920901561 Paperback US$42.95 9781925608939 Hardback US$59.95
SPIRITUALITY AS A WAY
JAPAN'S ULTRA-RIGHT Naoto Higuchi Translated by Teresa Castelvetere
Japanese Society Series
Offers a comprehensive account of the nativist movement in Japan today. Naoto Higuchi uses the life histories of activists to establish that the basis of their support for the movement is their conservatism rather than social or economic stress.
Mar 2021 310pp 9781920901684 Paperback US$39.95 9781920901936 Hardback US$100.00
Masataka Endo Translated by Barbara Hartley
Japanese Society Series
The Wisdom of Japan Edited by Naoki Kashio & Carl Becker
How do Japanese people foster spiritual awareness? This book provides a fresh perspective on spirituality by highlighting the wisdom of Japan – way, which makes life a place for self-cultivation and personal growth, as seen in budō (the Way of martial arts) and geidō (the Way of art).
Winner of the Suntory Culture Award for Social Sciences and Humanities Tracing the history of the Koseki registration system, from its inception in the Meiji era to its use in Japan's colonial holdings in the pre-war era, and through to the present. This book challenges the very foundations of the system, arguing that it promotes prejudice and discrimination and fosters a divisive understanding of the Japanese as a people. Mar 2021 360pp 9781920901622 Paperback US$42.95 9781925608816 Hardback US$84.95
U.S. OCCUPATION OF OKINAWA A Soft Power Theory Approach Hideko Yoshimoto
Now translated into English, this landmark study – winner of the Iha Fuyu Okinawa Study Award – explores and uncovers the labyrinthine manipulations and mechanisms established to continue to defend the hard deployment of military forces, through the soft power techniques of public relations.
Apr 2021 212pp 9781920901578 Paperback US$42.95 9781925608885 Hardback US$59.95
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The Koseki Registration System in Japan
Satomi Maruyama Translated by Stephen Filler
Edited by Noriko Sudo & Takeshi Tanikawa
Examines the interdependent relationships between the film industry and the state in East Asia, treating films as political economic products – mixtures of government policy and industrial motives – rather than mere works of art or media commodities.
THE STATE CONSTRUCTION OF ‘JAPANESENESS’