Japanese Culture, Paperback

Featuring full-color photographs and illustrations throughout, this text is a comprehensive guide to Japanese culture. The richness of Japan's hist...

Reducere. Zen and Japanese Culture is a classic that has influenced generations of readers and played a major role in shaping conceptions of Zen's influence ...

Reducere. Description2019 Reprint of the 1946 Edition by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. Noted American anthropologist Ruth Benedict wrote this book at the...

'A Japanese Mirror is what the tourist who wants to see the real Japan - "through the looking glass" - should pack in his flight-bag.' TLS

Reducere. Essential reading for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassed masterwork opens an intriguing window on Japan. Benedict s World War ...

Reducere. DescriptionAre you thinking about traveling to Japan? Discover Japan through this easy to follow guide tailored for first-time travelers Most avail...

Culture SmartJapan will guide you through modern Japan's shifting social and cultural maze. It provides invaluable insights into people's attitudes...

Reducere. For nearly three decades Japanese Culture has garnered high praise as an accurate and well-written introduction to Japanese history and culture. Th...

In the West, Japanese culture comes in the form of Power Rangers, Godzilla movies, and Sanrio products, but of course the indigenous pop culture is...

Experience the flavour of Japan by using the delicious recipes in this book! As well as being able to make food such as soba noodle soup and vegeta...

This is a revision of the long successful, short, illustrated cultural history of Japan, from its beginnings about 3000 BC to the present day, firs...

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Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for CultureAuthor(s): Shimura FukumiIllustration(s): 25 colour photosPublication date: 2019Dimensio...

Reducere. DescriptionRichard Conrad grew up in Washington, D.C., studied engineering and economics at Vanderbilt University, earned a master's degree in Econ...

Specifically designed for use on a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, Introducing Japanese Popular Culture is a comprehensive textbook of...

The essays collected here theorize the relation of unconscious fantasy and perversion to discourses of nation, identity, and history in Japan. By r...

Reducere. Japanese Popular Culture and Globalization is the only concise overview of Japan's phenomenal impact on world pop culture available in English. Sur...

DescriptionJapan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool provides a historical account of Japan's elite and popular cultures from premodern to ...

Using analytical tools from a wide spectrum of disciplines, this edited collection analyzes the role of the body in contemporary Japanese society, ...

Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and extremely readable journey through Japan...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Barbara R. AmbrosScholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 4 Line drawings, black and white; 8 Halftones, black and white; 1 Tables, black and white; 12 Illus...

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A pioneering look at same-sex desire in Japanese modernist writing.Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Jeffrey AnglesNumber of pages...

Reducere. The book Warriors of Legend is one of the first of its kind, using a specific Japanese anime/manga series- the megahit Sailor Moon- to teach about ...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Sebastien Penmellen BoretNumber of pages: 222Collection: Japan Anthropology Workshop SeriesPublication da...

This friendly guide offers concise but detailed demystifications of more than 85 aspects of ancient and modern Japan. It can be read in sequence, o...

Reducere. Okinawa, Japan. The People, History, World War II, Culture and Tradition. Travel and Tourism. Before Okinawa, there was Ryukyu, an independent king...

The Dark Side of Japan is a collection of folk tales, black magic, protection spells, monsters and other dark interpretations of life and death fro...

Reducere. Boys Love Manga and Beyond looks at a range of literary, artistic and other cultural products that celebrate the beauty of adolescent boys and youn...

From bracken to butterbur to "princess" bamboo, some of Japan's most iconic foods are foraged, not grown, in its forests, fields, and coastal water...

Publisher: Cengage Learning, IncAuthor(s): Kazumi HatasaIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2008Di...

The Afterlife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi explores how sixteenth-century samurai leader Toyotomi Hideyoshi's continued and evolving presence in popular c...

Contributor(s): Author: Michael Dylan FosterIllustrator: Shinonome KijinMonsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts...

DescriptionIn 1919, against a backdrop of a long history of anti-Asian nativism, a handful of Japanese families established Cortez Colony in a blea...

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The member of a distinguished British literary family, A. B. Mitford traveled widely with his parents as a youth and lived in various European coun...

Reducere. Although China and Japan have had virtually uninterrupted contact going back over many centuries, the lion's share of works addressing both China a...

Over the last twenty years, type 2 diabetes skyrocketed to the forefront of global public health concern. In this book, Mari Armstrong-Hough examin...

DescriptionFor the past century, Japan has been a center of attention due to its rapid industrialization and modernization. Still, certain aspects ...