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> H-ASIA
> April 12, 2011
>
> Member publication -- Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society
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> From: Ted Bestor <ted_bestor@harvard.edu>
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> We are very pleased to announce the publication of the Routledge Handbook
> of Japanese Culture and Society, edited by Victoria Lyon Bestor and
> Theodore C. Bestor, with Akiko Yamagata. (Routledge, London and New York,
> hardback; ISBN 978-0-415-43649-6)
>
> The book is intended to be a general reference book for non-specialists,
> college students, and others seeking succinct overviews of various realms
> of contemporary Japan, in line with the general format of Routledge
> Handbooks for other parts of the world.
>
> The book is currently available in hardback, but Routledge plans to
> publish an electronic version shortly, and may at that time make
> individual chapters available on-line for classroom use.
>
> Chapters (and contributors) include:
>
> Introduction -- Victoria Lyon Bestor, Theodore C. Bestor, and Akiko
> Yamagata
> Showa-Era Japan and Beyond: From Imperial Japan to Japan Inc. -- Peter
> Duus
> Four Cultures of Japanese Politics -- David Leheny
> The Cultures and Politics of Language in Japan Today -- Nanette Gottleib
> Japanese Education and Education Reform -- Roger Goodman
> Religion in Contemporary Japanese Lives -- Mark R. Mullins
> Law and Society in Japan -- Lawrence Repeta
> The Urbanization of the Japanese Landscape -- Paul Waley
> Social Class and Social Identity in Postwar Japan -- David Slater
> The Politics of Gender in Japan -- Robin M. LeBlanc
> Change and Diversity in the Japanese Family -- Merry White
> Japan's Queer Cultures -- Mark McClelland
> Race, Ethnicity, and Minorities in Japan -- Richard Siddle
> Life on the Margins in Japan: Homeless, Migrant Day Laborers, and People
> with Disabilities -- Carolyn S. Stevens
> Aging and Social Welfare in Japan -- Leng Leng Thang
> The New Prominence of the Civil Sector in Japan -- Akihiro Ogawa
> Contemporary Architecture in Japan -- William H. Coaldrake
> Japanese Film and Television -- Aaron Gerow
> Manga and Anime: Entertainment, Big Business, and Art in Japan -- Susan
> Napier
> Popular Music in Japan -- Ian Condry
> The Sportscape of Contemporary Japan -- William Kelly
> Cultural Flows: Japan and East Asia -- Koichi Iwabuchi
> Cuisine and Identity in Contemporary Japan -- Theodore C. Bestor
>
> We, the editors, express our great appreciation for the hard work that our
> contributors have put into this volume, and hope that their contributions
> will be welcomed by a wide audience.
>
> With best wishes
>
> Vickey, Ted, and Akiko
>
> Ted Bestor
> Harvard University
>
>
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