Globalizing Japan: Ethnography of the Japanese presence in Asia, Europe, and America (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies) - Softcover

Befu, Harumi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415285666 ISBN 13: 9780415285667

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

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Globalizing Japan Globalizing Japan explores the social and cultural dimensions of Japan's global presence. Full description

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"This collection of articles is a solid addition to the expanding bookshelf of works that are not satisfied with reducing 'globalization' to a mere synonym for 'Americanization.'."
-Pacific Affairs, Winter 2003

Synopsis:

Globalizing Japan explores the social and cultural dimensions of Japan's global presence. Japan's expansion and presence as an economic giant is witnessed on an everyday basis. Both consciously and unconsciously, we regularly come into contact with Japan's industrial and cultural globalization, from cameras and automobiles to judo, cuisine or animation. Japan's presence in the popular imagination is heavily influenced both by the country's historical past and its global present. This book will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese Studies, Anthropology and Cultural Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0415285666
• ISBN 13: 9780415285667
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288