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Social commentary on state and society in modern Japan

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Social commentary on state and society in modern Japanedited by Yoneyuki Sugita.
other author:	Sugita, Yoneyuki.
Published:	Singapore :Springer Singapore :2016.
Description:	xi, 181 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	GlobalizationJapan.
Subject:	JapanCongresses.Economic policy1989-
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2395-8
ISBN:	9789811023958$q(electronic bk.)

Social commentary on state and society in modern Japan
Social commentary on state and society in modern Japan[electronic resource] /edited by Yoneyuki Sugita. - Singapore :Springer Singapore :2016. - xi, 181 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Modernization and Japan -- Chapter 2: Civil Religion and Second Modernity in Japan: A Sociological Analysis -- Chapter 3: Japan and the Rise of the Idea of Race: The Meiji-Era Fusion of Foreign and Domestic Constructions -- Chapter 4: The 1922 Japanese Health Insurance Law: Toward a Corporatist Framework -- Chapter 5: Public Health in Occupied Japan Transformed by Statistical Quality Control -- Part II: Identity and Globalization -- Chapter 6: International Issues: Japanese Artists and the Problems with Borders -- Chapter 7: Discourses on Democracy and the (Re)birth of Civil Society, 1945-1952: Mutual Aid and Cooperatist Modernity in Kitakyushu -- Chapter 8: Imagining America: The Origins of Japanese Public Opinion toward the United States in the Cold War -- Chapter 9: Soft Powering Popular Culture: Discourse and Policy Making in Japan's Content Industries -- Chapter 10: Blending Ethnicities: Perceptions of East Asian Identities Today.

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.

ISBN: 9789811023958$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-981-10-2395-8doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

679483
Globalization
--Japan.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

381143
Japan
--Economic policy--1989- --Congresses.

LC Class. No.: HN723.5

Dewey Class. No.: 306.0952

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