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Kinship, State and Tribalism
David Gullette
KEY FEATURE(S) This book explores the conceptions of genealogy, kinship and ‘tribalism’ in the intertwined construction of personhood and national identity in the Kyrgyz Republic. It makes an important contribution to several theoretical and regional debates.
This book explores the conceptions of genealogy, kinship and ‘tribalism’ in the intertwined construction of personhood and national identity in the Kyrgyz Republic. It makes an important contribution ... |
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Subjectivity, Transience and National Identity
Tim Cross
KEY FEATURE(S) This provoking new study of the Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu) examines the ideological foundation of its place in history and the broader context of Japanese cultural values where it has emerged as a so-called ‘quintessential’ component of the culture.
It was in fact, Sen Soshitsu Xl, grandmaster of Urasenke, today the most globally prominent tea school, who argued in 1872 that tea should be viewed as the expression of the moral universe of the nat... |
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Akira Hayami
KEIO UNIVERSITY, TOKYO
KEY FEATURE(S) Doyen of demography studies in Japan at the University of Tokyo, this collection of Akira Hayami’s writings in English brings together for the first time an invaluable resource of comparative primary data on the demographic history of Japan.
Containing twenty key essays, the volume is divided into five parts: Tokugawa Japan, Demography through Telescope, Demography through Microscope, Family and Household, Afterwards. It begins with Phili... |
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Essays on Everyday Life in Contemporary Society
Harumi Kimura
KEY FEATURE(S) This volume forms a unique and remarkable enterprise in the context of contemporary Japanese literature, social studies and the nature of Japanese society. It comprises 70 essays by private individuals living in Japan today (members of a writing club) who have chosen a subject to write about with a view to projecting a genuine insight into the events, issues and aspirations that make them who they are – from life in a condominium to dealing with in-laws, early retirement and life after children.
Edited and introduced by the distinguished best-selling author Harumi Kimura (winner of the Ohya non-fiction prize for her book “Letters from Twilight London”), the book’s objective is to make ‘Japan’... |
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A Case Study of Diplomatic Disputes over Japanese Textbooks
Mutsumi Hirano
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
KEY FEATURE(S) This is the first in-depth study to examine the implications of history education in the context of international relations (interstate and transnational), focusing on Japanese textbooks as the principal case study.
The author argues that despite a widespread recognition that our grasp of history has some relevance to our views and attitudes towards foreign countries and peoples, ergo ultimately its impact on nat... |
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Sven Saaler
UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
KEY FEATURE(S) Today’s increasing interest in the relevance of memory generated a particularly strong response at the 2005 conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies (Vienna), providing a rich and varied group of papers. A selection of the most significant research relating to modern Japan, not least from Japanese scholars, subsequently edited for publication, forms the basis of this volume.
For the historian and social scientist the opportunity to access recorded memories is invariably welcomed as a valuable building block in research and a determinant in establishing balance and perspec... |
