Japanese society since 1945 /

Japanese society since 1945 / Japanese society since nineteen forty five edited with an introduction by Edward R. Beauchamp. - viii, 344 pages ; 24 cm. - Dimensions of contemporary Japan ; 2 . - Dimensions of contemporary Japan ; 2. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Volume Introduction -- A Unique Nation? -- The Invention and Reinvention of "Japanese Culture" -- The Level of Living in Japan and the United States: A Long-Term International Comparison -- Media: Directing the Deluge -- Overcoming Fear of an Aged Population -- Care for the Elderly: Who Will Bear the Burden? -- By Any Other Name: Marriage and Names in Contemporary Japan -- Images of Conflict Resolution and Social Control: American and Japanese Attitudes Toward the Adversary System -- Monitoring Motherhood: Sociocultural and Historical Aspects of Maternal and Child Health in Japan -- Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care in Japan -- The Last Confucian Sandwich: Becoming Middle Aged -- Sex and Sex Roles -- Popular Culture in Modern Japan -- Five Fatal Symptoms of the Japanese Disease -- Japan's Mainstream Press: Freedom to Conform? -- A New Generation of Homeless Hits Tokyo's Streets -- Becoming Aware of Child Abuse -- Juvenile Crime in the 1990s -- The Sociology of Jishuku and Kicho: The Death of Showa Tenno as a Reflection of the Structure of Contemporary Japanese Society -- Producing Mothers -- Acknowledgments.

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Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952

DS889. / J3628 1998

952.04

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