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2020
Contemporary Japanese Philosophy: A Reader P.18
CONTENTS Art
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Autobiography
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Business & Economics
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Education
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History
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Literature & Language
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Music
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Philosophy
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Political Science
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Religion
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Social Science
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Feminism and Folk Art Case Studies in Mexico, New Zealand, Japan, and Brazil By Eli Bartra
June 2019 152 pages Hardback 9781498564335 $85.00
This book uses a feminist approach to analyzing gender relations in the production and distribution of folk art in four different cultures. It examines examples of women’s creativity within male-dominated societies and offers an analysis of different art forms, including clay figures, baskets, lacquer work, and dolls. Eli Bartra is distinguished professor at the Universidad Autónoma MetropolitanaXochimilco, Mexico City. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Trees of Life: Polychrome Clay Figures, and Women’s Work in Izúcar de Matamoros Chapter 2: Art Weavers: Maori Women of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Chapter 3: From the Sober to the Saturated: Japanese Shunkei Lacquers and Edo Hagoita Chapter 4: The Smiler of the Moon: Brazilian Folk Art and the Abayomi Project
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Art
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Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons By Nichola Dobson
April 2020 324 pages Hardback 9781538123218 $95.00
This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on animators, directors, studios, techniques, films, and some of the best-known characters. Nichola Dobson is a Lecturer in Animation at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. Devoted to the study of animation history and theory since 2000 she was the founding editor of Animation Studies Online Journal from 2006-2010 and the President for the Society of Animation Studies from 2015-2019. Table of Contents Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff Preface Acronyms and Abbreviations Chronology Introduction THE DICTIONARY Appendix: Academy Award Winners Bibliography About the Author
Art
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Climb Leaving Safe and Finding Strength on 100 Summits in Japan By Susan Spann
August 2020 256 pages Hardback 9781633885929 $26.95
After more than forty years of living "safe and scared," California attorney and mystery author Susan Spann decided to break free by climbing one hundred of Japan's most famous mountains, inspired by a classic list of hyakumeizan peaks. But when an unexpected cancer diagnosis forced her to confront her deepest fears, the mountains of Japan became the setting for an even more transformative journey from pain and fear to a new life fueled by hope, confidence, and strength. This immersive, inspiring, and witty page-turner captures the terrifying lows and breathtaking highs of a woman's journey from timidity to confidence, cancer to healing, and regret to joy, as she breaks the mental and physical chains that once prevented her from living out her dreams. Susan chronicles her journey with an insightful, often humorous eye for not only her travels across Japan, but the culture, food, nature, and obstacles she encountered along the way, and complements her honest and vivid prose with breathtaking personal photographs.
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Autobiography
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Toward a More Amicable AsiaPacific Region Japan’s Roles Edited by Yoneyuki Sugita
September 2018 160 pages Paperback 9780761869450 $36.99 Hardback 9780761866787 $75.00
As President Obama’s “pivot to Asia” strategy indicates, the Asia-Pacific region is an engine for the world economic growth. However, it has also been an unstable region suffering from many sources of conflicts. This book explores ways and means to establish a more amicable Asia-Pacific region. Yoneyuki Sugita is professor of history at Osaka University. He has been writing on USJapan relations, Japanese foreign and security policies, and Japanese health insurance systems.
Business & Economics
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American Universities in China Lessons from Japan By Dennis T. Yang
November 2017 116 pages Hardback 9781498554534 $85.00
This book considers the aspirations and operations of American universities in China through the lens of previous American universities’ expansion efforts in Japan. Drawing on lessons from their experiments in Japan, it assesses the potential sustainability of American universities in China. Dennis Yang is member of the US Foreign Service and regional English language officer at the US Department of State. Table of Contents CONTENTS Acknowledgements I. American Universities in Japan II. The Internationalization of Higher Education in China III. Public Universties in China IV. The Ivy League in China V. Sustainable or Short-lived References Appendix A. List of American Universities in Japan Appendix B. List of American Universities in China About the Author
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Education
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Children’s Literature from Asia in Today’s Classrooms Towards Culturally Authentic Interpretations By Yukari Takimoto Amos and Daniel Miles Amos
July 2018 122 pages Paperback 9781475843682 $23.00 Hardback 9781475843675 $46.00
This book provides readers with interpretation guides and practical ideas for making use of Asian international children’s literature in the classroom. Part I discusses how to authentically read children’s literature from India, Thailand, China and Japan. Part II consists of annotated bibliographies of international children’s literature from Asia. Yukari Takimoto Amos is a full professor at Central Washington University. She teaches a wide range of subjects including Asian Studies, linguistics, and multicultural education. With graduate training at both Japanese and U.S. universities, she has been a professor or an instructor in Japan, Singapore, the United States, and Hong Kong. Daniel Miles Amos was the first U.S. graduate student to successfully complete ethnographic research in the People’s Republic of China. He has held academic positions at several universities, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Beijing Normal University in greater China, and Clark Atlanta University in the United States.
Education
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The Aftermath of the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Living among the Rubble By Shoichiro Takezawa
May 2018 230 pages Paperback 9781498542531 $44.99 Hardback 9781498542517 $95.00
Based on witness testimony and eighteen months of fieldwork, this work of disaster ethnography examines the effects of East Japan’s 2011 earthquake and tsunami on the fishing town of Otsuchi. It analyzes how local social systems developed to cope with the destruction and redevelopment and how residents behaved and narrated their own experiences. Shoichiro Takezawa is professor of social anthropology at the National Museum of Ethnology of Japan. Table of Contents Introduction: The Tsunami Hits Chapter 1: The Day of Catastrophe: Escaping the Waves Chapter 2: The Weeks Following the Tsunami: Evading Danger, Running the Evacuation Centers Chapter 3: The Months after the Tsunami: The Reconstruction Process along the Sanriku Coast Conclusion
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History
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Japan's Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century Continuity and Change Edited by Lam Peng Er and Purnendra Jain
March 2020 400 pages
This volume examines Japan’s new foreign policy frontiers in South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. The contributors analyze Japan’s ongoing relationships with the United States and the ASEAN states as China’s influence expands.
Hardback 9781498587952 $130.00
Purnendra Jain is professor of Japanese studies in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide. Lam Peng Er is senior research fellow at the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore.
History
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Peace in the East An Chunggun's Vision for Asia in the Age of Japanese Imperialism Edited by Yi Tae-Jin, Eugene Y. Park and Kirk W. Larsen
September 2019 284 pages Paperback 9781498566421 $39.99 Hardback 9781498566407 $105.00
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History
This interdisciplinary collection examines the philosophy, politics, and legacy of An Chungg�n. The contributors analyze his vision of pan-Asian cooperation and his opposition to Japanese militaristic expansion. They also investigate his significance to broader issues related to nationalism, imperialism, and the role of violence in politics. Yi Tae-Jin is professor emeritus of Korean history at Seoul National University. Eugene Y. Park is Korea Foundation associate professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. Kirk W. Larsen is associate professor of history at Brigham Young University.
Air Apaches
The Augmented Reality of Pokémon Go
The True Story of the 345th Bomb Group and Its Low, Fast, and Deadly Missions in World War II
Chronotopes, Moral Panic, and Other Complexities
By Jay Stout
Edited by Neriko Musha Doerr and Debra J. Occhi
Imprint: Stackpole Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
April 2019 432 pp
February 2019 148 pp
9780811738019 I $29.95 I HB
9781498574914 I $90.00 I HB
Bridging the Atomic Divide
Changing Security Policies in Postwar Japan
Debating Japan-US Attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Political Biography of Japanese Defense Minister Sakata Michita
By Harry J. Wray and Seishiro Sugihara
By Sase Masamori
Imprint: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books November 2018 340 pp
November 2017 182 pp
9781498593212 I $115.00 I HB
9781498552608 I $90.00 I HB
Creating Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, 1945– 2015 A Sword Well Made
October 2018 314 pp 9781498537896 I $110.00 I HB 9781498537919 I $42.99 I PB
The Fighting Corsairs THE FIGHTING CORSAIRS
The Men of Marine Fighting Squadron 215 in the Pacific during WWII
By David Hunter-Chester
By Jeff Dacus
Series: New Studies in Modern Japan
Imprint: Lyons Press
Imprint: Lexington Books
November 2020 272 pp 9781493055081 I $27.95 I HB
History
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The Greatest Stories Never Told: Snipers
The Hidden Places of World War II
By Laurence J. Yadon
The Extraordinary Sites Where History Was Made During the War That Saved Civilization
Imprint: Lyons Press
By Jerome M. O'Connor Imprint: Lyons Press April 2019 248 pp
January 2019 360 pp
9781493038558 I $18.95 I PB
9781493030385 I $27.95 I HB
Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Historical Dictionary of Postwar Japan By William D. Hoover
By James E. Hoare
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East October 2019 742 pp
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
9781538119730 I $150.00 I HB
December 2018 652 pp
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
9781538111550 I $140.00 I HB
Imagining Prostitution in Modern Japan, 1850–1913
The Indestructible Man The Incredible True Story of the Legendary Sailor the Japanese Couldn't Kill
By Ann Marie L. Davis Series: New Studies in Modern Japan
By Don Keith and David Rocco Imprint: Stackpole Books
Imprint: Lexington Books March 2019 248 pp
January 2021 240 pp
9781498542142 I $95.00 I HB
9780811739641 I $27.95 I HB
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History
The JET Program and the US–Japan Relationship
Journalism and the RussoJapanese War
Goodwill Goldmine
The End of the Golden Age of Combat Correspondence
By Emily T. Metzgar By Michael S. Sweeney and Natascha Toft Roelsgaard
Imprint: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books January 2019 210 pp
November 2019 260 pp
9781498526036 I $90.00 I HB 9781498526050 I $39.99 I PB
9781793617903 I $95.00 I HB
The Korean War in Asia
Living Transnationally between Japan and Brazil
A Hidden History
Routes beyond Roots
Edited by Tessa Morris-Suzuki
By Sarah A. LeBaron von Baeyer
Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Series: New Studies in Modern Japan
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers February 2018 238 pp
November 2019 258 pp
9781538111895 I $84.00 I HB 9781538111901 I $37.00 I PB
9781498580366 I $95.00 I HB
Imprint: Lexington Books
Music and Words
Poisoning the Pacific
Producing Popular Songs in Modern Japan, 1887–1952
The US Military's Secret Dumping of Plutonium, Chemical Weapons, and Agent Orange
By Patrick M. Patterson Series: New Studies in Modern Japan
By Jon Mitchell
Imprint: Lexington Books
Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
October 2018 230 pp
September 2020 296 pp
9781498550352 I $95.00 I HB
9781538130339 I $24.95 I HB
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
History
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The Politics of Religion, Nationalism, and Identity in Asia
Resistant Islands
By Jeff Kingston
By Gavan McCormack and Satoko Oka Norimatsu
Okinawa Confronts Japan and the United States
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
August 2019 312 pp
April 2018 350 pp
9781442276864 I $85.00 I HB
9781538115572 I $69.00 I HB 9781442215634 I $28.00 I PB
Russia and Its Northeast Asian Neighbors
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Saipan The Battle That Doomed Japan in World War II
China, Japan, and Korea, 1858–1945
By James H. Hallas
Edited by Kimitaka Matsuzato
Imprint: Stackpole Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
October 2018 222 pp
July 2019 592 pp
9781498537049 I $95.00 I HB 9781498537063 I $39.99 I PB
9780811738439 I $34.95 I HB
Setting the Rising Sun
To Hell and Back
Halsey's Aviators Strike Japan, Summer 1945
The Last Train from Hiroshima By Charles Pellegrino
By Kevin A. Mahoney Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Imprint: Stackpole Books
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers March 2019 368 pp
February 2019 448 pp
9780811738422 I $32.95 I HB
9781442250581 I $29.95 I HB 9781538121788 I $19.95 I PB
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History
THE UNITED STATES AND THE JAPANESE STUDENT MOVEMENT, 1948– 1973
The United States and the Japanese Student Movement, 1948–1973 Managing a Free World
The Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Farm and the Creation of Japanese America
By Naoko Koda
By Daniel A. Métraux
Imprint: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
August 2020 274 pp
April 2019 158 pp
9781498583411 I $105.00 I HB
9781498585385 I $85.00 I HB
WESTERN ROCK ARTISTS, MADAME BUTTERFLY, AND THE ALLURE OF JAPAN
Western Rock Artists, Madame Butterfly, and the Allure of Japan
When the Earth Roars Lessons from the History of Earthquakes in Japan
Dancing in an Eastern Dream
By Gregory Smits
By Christopher T. Keaveney
Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
Imprint: Lexington Books August 2020 284 pp
November 2017 226 pp
9781793625250 I $105.00 I HB
9781442220096 I $110.00 I HB 9780810895577 I $28.00 I PB
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
The World at War, 1914– 1945
Zen Terror in Prewar Japan
By Jeremy Black
By Brian Daizen Victoria
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Series: Asian Voices
Portrait of an Assassin
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
April 2019 362 pp
February 2020 392 pp
9781538108345 I $98.00 I HB 9781538108352 I $39.00 I PB
9781538131664 I $34.00 I HB
History
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The Earth Writes
Ecocriticism in Japan
The Great Earthquake and the Novel in Post-3/11 Japan
Edited by Hisaaki Wake, Keijiro Suga and Yuki Masami
By Koichi Haga Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Imprint: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books January 2019 148 pp
November 2017 308 pp
9781498569033 I $90.00 I HB
9781498527842 I $110.00 I HB
Exploring Multilingual Hawai'i
Literature among the Ruins, 1945–1955
Language Use and Language Ideologies in a Diverse Society
Postwar Japanese Literary Criticism
By Scott Saft
Edited by Atsuko Ueda, Michael K. Bourdaghs, Richi Sakakibara and Hirokazu Toeda
Imprint: Lexington Books March 2019 272 pp
May 2018 202 pp
Series: New Studies in Modern Japan
9781498561181 I $95.00 I HB
9780739180723 I $90.00 I HB
Imprint: Lexington Books
The Politics and Literature Debate in Postwar Japanese Criticism, 1945– 52 Edited by Atsuko Ueda, Michael K. Bourdaghs, Richi Sakakibara and Hirokazu Toeda May 2018 358 pp
Series: New Studies in Modern Japan
9780739180754 I $116.00 I HB 9780739180761 I $49.99 I PB
Imprint: Lexington Books
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Literature & Language
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Japan Fluxus By Luciana Galliano
November 2018 176 pages Hardback 9781498578257 $90.00
This book reinterprets the Fluxus movement focusing on the important and charming contribution of Japanese musicians and artists. It argues they were at the roots of Fluxus in their radical and refined way of making art—whether it was playing, performing, writing, or simply living. Luciana Galliano is musicologist and independent scholar in musical aesthetics. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Globalism Chapter 2 Experimentalism and iconoclasm Chapter 3 Unity of art and life Chapter 4 Ephemerality Chapter 5 Specificity Chapter 6 Musicality Chapter 7 Fluxus off - Conclusions Appendix Bibliography
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Contemporary Japanese Philosophy A Reader Edited by John W. M. Krummel
August 2019 296 pages Paperback 9781786600851 $44.95 Hardback 9781786600844 $135.00
Contemporary Japanese Philosophy is an anthology of post-war Japanese philosophy showcasing a range of philosophers and philosophical trends from 1945 to the present. This important volume introduces the reader to a variety schools of thought. Ideal for classroom use, this is the ultimate resource for students and teachers of Japanese philosophy. John W.M. Krummel is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He is Assistant Editor of the Journal of Japanese Philosophy, Editor of Social Imaginaries and President of the International Association of Japanese Philosophy. Table of Contents Introduction / Part I: Selected Texts / 1. 'To Be' and 'To Do' (1958), Maruyama Masao (1914-1996) / 2. Marginal Art (1960), Tsurumi Shunsuke (1922-2015) / 3. Consciousness and Essence (1983), Izutsu Toshihiko (1914-1993) / 4. Toward an EastWest Dialogue (1991), Yuasa Yasuo (1925-2005) / 5. Horizon and Beyond Horizon (1992), Ueda Shizuteru (1926-) / 6. The Realism of 'Form qua Emptiness' (1993), �mori Sh�z� (1921-) / 7. Common Sense and Place (1979), Nakamura Y�jir� (1925-) / 8. Time as the Between (1982), Kimura Bin (1931-) / 9. Forms of the Articulation of the World of Things (1982), Hiromatsu Wataru (1933-1994) / 10. Appearance and Copula (1973), Sakabe Megumi (1936-2009) / 11. The Will to Architecture (1979), Karatani K�jin (1941-) / Part II: Selected Essays / 12. The Contemporary Situation of Kyoto School Philosophy, Fujita Masakatsu / 13. Environmental Philosophy in Contemporary Japan, Kazashi Nobuo / 14. Feminist Philosophy/Philosophy of Gender in Contemporary Japan, Naka Mao / 15. Contemporary Japanese Philosophy: Trends and Prospects, Uehara Mayuko / Further Reading / Index
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Philosophy
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New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics Edited by A. Minh Nguyen
September 2019 520 pages
This collection begins with an engaging historical overview of Japanese aesthetics and offers contemporary multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives on the artistic and aesthetic traditions of Japan and the central themes in Japanese art and aesthetics.
Paperback 9781498572118 $49.99
A. Minh Nguyen is professor of philosophy and Asian studies at Eastern Kentucky University.
Hardback 9780739180815 $140.00
Philosophy
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Tragic Beauty in Whitehead and Japanese Aesthetics By Steve Odin
September 2018 352 pages Paperback 9781498514798 $49.99 Hardback 9781498514774 $122.00
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Philosophy
This book examines Whitehead’s process aesthetics focusing the penumbral beauty of darkness and the tragic beauty of perishability, while establishing parallels with the Japanese sense of evanescent beauty. It clarifies how both traditions develop a religioaesthetic vision of tragic beauty and its reconciliation in the supreme ecstasy of peace. Steve Odin teaches Japanese and East-West comparative philosophy at the University of Hawaii, where he has taught for more than thirty years.
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Japan as an Immigration Nation Demographic Change, Economic Necessity, and the Human Community Concept By Hidenori Sakanaka
February 2020 286 pages Hardback 9781793614933 $115.00
In this treatise by veteran Japanese immigration specialist, Hidenori Sakanaka—the former director of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau—proposes sweeping changes to Japan’s immigration policy to address the interrelated problems of a rapidly declining population and a decrease in working-age adults. Hidenori Sakanaka established the Japan Immigration Policy Institute and is the author of almost two dozen books about immigration policy in Japan. Robert D. Eldridge is former associate professor of Japanese political and diplomatic history at Osaka University. Graham B. Leonard earned a PhD in international public policy from Osaka University.
Political Science
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Modern Japanese Political Thought and International Relations Edited by Felix Rรถsch and Atsuko Watanabe
September 2018 270 pages
First book-length investigation of modern Japanese political thought and IR with a focus on non-western and indigenous Asian practices of IR.
Paperback 9781786603685 $41.95
Felix Rosch is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Coventry University. Atsuko Watanabe is Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo.
Hardback 9781786603678 $125.00
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Political Science
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Rethinking Japan The Politics of Contested Nationalism By Arthur Stockwin and Kweku Ampiah
April 2019 312 pages Paperback 9781498537940 $42.99 Hardback 9781498537926 $116.00
This study provides a broad examination of the current Shinzďż˝ Abe government in Japan. It analyzes various controversial domestic and foreign policies and argues that its election in 2012 inaugurated a new political phase characterized by opposition weakness and ruling-party unity around a nationalist agenda. Arthur Stockwin is retired professor of modern Japanese studies at the University of Oxford. Kweku Ampiah is associate professor of Japanese studies at the University of Leeds. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Peace, Democracy and Economic Growth: Political Economy under the Postwar Dispensation Chapter 2: The System Begins to Change: From the 1990s to 2009 Chapter 3: The Opposition in Power: September 2009 to December 2012 Chapter 4: Abe Takes Charge: From December 2012 Chapter 5: Abenomics Chapter 6: Revising and Reinterpreting the 1947 Constitution Chapter 7: The Designated Secrets Law and Freedom of Speech Chapter 8: Historical Revisionism, National Identity, and War Apology Chapter 9: Legislating for Collective Defense by Fiat: The Realist View of Japan as a Normal Country Chapter 10: Japan and Its Neighbors: China, Russia and the Two Koreas Chapter 11: Japan and the Wider World: Public Diplomacy, Economic Relations and Overseas Development Aid Chapter 12: Japan: Reactionary State? Political Science
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The United States and Asia Regional Dynamics and TwentyFirst-Century Relations By Robert G. Sutter
October 2019 362 pages Hardback 9781538126448 $99.00
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Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this cogent book overviews the historical context and enduring patterns of US relations with Asia. Sutter provides a balanced analysis of post–Cold War dynamics in Asia and the growing US-China rivalry that now dominates regional dynamics in the Asia-Pacific and US policy in the region going forward. Robert G. Sutter is professor of practice in international affairs at the Elliott School of George Washington University.
Political Science
Afro-Asian Connections in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Article II Mandate Forging a Stronger Economic Alliance between the United States and Japan
Edited by Luisa Marcela Ossa and Debbie Lee-DiStefano
November 2018 256 pp
Series: Black Diasporic Worlds: Origins and Evolutions from New World Slaving Imprint: Lexington Books
9781498587082 I $95.00 I HB
By Matthew P. Goodman and Yoichi Funabashi Series: CSIS Reports December 2018 104 pp 9781442280953 I $45.00 I PB
Between Democracy and Technocracy Regulating Administrative Guidance in Japan
Imprint: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Eric Voegelin’s Asian Political Thought ERIC VOEGELIN’S ASIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
By Franklin Barr Lebo
By Lee Trepanier Series: Political Theory for Today
Imprint: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books May 2018 176 pp
August 2020 254 pp
9781498562218 I $90.00 I HB
9781498598613 I $100.00 I HB
South Korea's Changing Foreign Policy
Speculative Bubbles and Monetary Policy
The Impact of Democratization and Globalization
A Theory Based on Japanese Experience By Masayuki Otaki
By Wonjae Hwang Imprint: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books November 2018 142 pp
December 2018 140 pp
9781498531849 I $89.00 I HB 9781498531863 I $36.99 I PB
9781498549141 I $90.00 I HB
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Hidden Christians in Japan Breaking the Silence By Kirk Sandvig
November 2019 204 pages Hardback 9781498591676 $90.00
This book examines the contemporary issues facing hidden Christian communities in Japan, looking at how these issues have resulted in the discontinuation of hidden Christian practices, and how these communities are adapting to their changing communities. Kirk Sandvig is adjunct professor at Chapman University and Saddleback College Table of Contents Chapter 1: Coming to Terms with Hidden Christianity in Japan Chapter 2: The Introduction and Prohibition of Christianity in Japan Chapter 3: Christian Persecution Chapter 4: Maintaining Hidden Practices Chapter 5: Ancestors and Artifacts Chapter 6: Putting Hidden Christianity on Display Chapter 7: Financial and Familial Shifts Chapter 8: Modernity and Movement Chapter 9: Religions in Transition - A Negotiation of Identity
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Pornography, Ideology, and the Internet A Japanese Adult Video Actress in Mainland China By Zhang Mei
October 2018 242 pages Hardback 9781498560887 $95.00
This book investigates how a Japanese pornographic star can be treated as a cultural product and can be a window into the effects of the cross-cultural migration of cultural products. This in turn reveals that the transformative intermediaries play a significant role in the transformation of cultural products in China. Zhang Mei is assistant professor at the Institute of Japanese Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Sola in Japan: An “Ordinary” Girl and “Unordinary” Idol 2. Sola as a Weapon of Resistance for Chinese Internet Users 3. Two Chinese Agencies Repositioning Sola 4. A Case of Promotion: Negotiation between Commercial News Portals and the Two Agencies 5. Sola’s Image Transformation: Becoming a Site of Contestation 6. Sola’s Image Transformation and Chinese Youth’s Identity 7. Sola Going Back to Japan as “the Most Famous Japanese in China” Conclusion
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Single Mothers in Contemporary Japan Motherhood, Class, and Reproductive Practice By Aya Ezawa
April 2019 156 pages
Based on life history interviews of single mothers in Japan, this detailed study examines the socioeconomic consequences of becoming a single mother and pursuing a lifestyle outside of the married mother and housewife norm in contemporary Japan.
Paperback 9781498529983 $36.99
Aya Ezawa is lecturer at Leiden University.
Hardback 9781498529969 $95.00
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Social Science
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Single Mothers and the Postwar Japanese Family Chapter 2: Educational Pioneers Chapter 3: The Bubble Generation Chapter 4: Becoming a Single Mother Chapter 5: Motherhood and Class
The City as Power Urban Space, Place, and National Identity
Dialectics of the Goddess in Japanese Audiovisual Culture
Edited by Alexander C. Diener and Joshua Hagen
Edited by Lorenzo J. Torres Hortelano
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Imprint: Lexington Books
November 2018 328 pp
December 2017 184 pp
9781538118252 I $90.00 I HB 9781538118269 I $40.00 I PB
9781498570145 I $90.00 I HB
AN ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE LIVES OF JAPANESE AND JAPANESE BRAZILIAN MIGRANTS
An Ethnography of the Lives of Japanese and Japanese Brazilian Migrants
Forms of the Body in Contemporary Japanese Society, Literature, and Culture
Childhood, Family, and Work By Ethel V. Kosminsky
Edited by Irina Holca and Carmen S�punaru T�maş
Imprint: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books July 2020 390 pp
June 2020 316 pp
9781498522595 I $120.00 I HB
9781793623874 I $115.00 I HB
Organ Donation in Japan
Traveling Texts and the Work of Afro-Japanese Cultural Production
A Medical Anthropological Study
Two Haiku and a Microphone
By Maria-Keiko Yasuoka
Edited by William H., IV Bridges and Nina Cornyetz
Imprint: Lexington Books
Series: New Studies in Modern Japan October 2019 242 pp
April 2019 302 pp
9781498515665 I $98.00 I HB 9781498515689 I $39.99 I PB
9781498505475 I $109.00 I HB 9781498505499 I $42.99 I PB
Imprint: Lexington Books
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