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Modern Japanese culture : the insider view / Leith Morton.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: South Melbourne, Vic. ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003Description: v, 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195540891
  • 9780195540895
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.0952 21
LOC classification:
  • DS822.5 .M686 2003
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Interpreting Culture in Modern Japan -- 2. Yanagita Kunio and the Origins of Culture -- 3. Yoshimoto Takaaki and Contemporary Culture -- 4. The Literature of Contemporary Japan -- 5. Mass Culture: TV, Cinema, and Manga -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.
Summary: "This is the first detailed, comprehensive and critical overview of modern Japanese culture to be published in English. It provides readers with important insights into various dimensions of modern Japanese culture, focusing specifically upon a number of contemporary Japanese thinkers."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-276) and index.

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Interpreting Culture in Modern Japan -- 2. Yanagita Kunio and the Origins of Culture -- 3. Yoshimoto Takaaki and Contemporary Culture -- 4. The Literature of Contemporary Japan -- 5. Mass Culture: TV, Cinema, and Manga -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.

"This is the first detailed, comprehensive and critical overview of modern Japanese culture to be published in English. It provides readers with important insights into various dimensions of modern Japanese culture, focusing specifically upon a number of contemporary Japanese thinkers."--Publisher description.

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