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Japanese culture : the religious and philosophical foundations / by Davies, Roger J., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Japanese chronology -- The origins of the Japanese -- Approaches to Japanese cultural history -- Shinto -- Buddhism -- Taoism -- Zen -- Confucianism -- Western influences in the modern era -- Appendixes -- Afterword -- Bibliography.…”
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Christ in Japanese culture : theological themes in Shusaku Endo's literary works / by Mase-Hasegawa, Emi

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Tradition and Modernization in Japanese Culture. by Shively, Donald H.

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Tokyo in Transit : Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road. by Freedman, Alisa

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The Japanese Mind : Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture. by Davies, Roger

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Pure Land Buddhism in modern Japanese culture / by Porcu, Elisabetta

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The Empire of signs : semiotic essays on Japanese culture /

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Murder most modern : detective fiction and Japanese culture / by Kawana, Sari

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Xavier's legacies : Catholicism in modern Japanese culture /

Table of Contents: “…Catholicism, modernity, and Japanese culture /…”
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Postmodern Feminist And Postcolonial Currents In Contemporary Japanese Culture : a Reading Of Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Yoshimoto Takaaki And Karatani Kojin. by Murakami, Fuminobu

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Traveling texts and the work of Afro-Japanese cultural production : two haiku and a microphone /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: work it: traveling texts and the work of reading Afro-Japanese cultural exchange / William H. Bridges IV and Nina Cornyetz -- Art and performance. …”
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Bodies of memory : narratives of war in postwar Japanese culture, 1945-1970 / by Igarashi, Yoshikuni, 1960-

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Poison woman : figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture / by Marran, Christine L.

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Poison woman : figuring female transgression in modern Japanese culture / by Marran, Christine L.

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The chrysanthemum and the sword : patterns of Japanese culture / by Benedict, Ruth, 1887-1948

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Dissenting Japan : a history of Japanese radicalism and counterculture, from 1945 to Fukushima / History of Japanese radicalism and counterculture, from 1945 to Fukushima by Andrews, William (Writer on Japanese culture)

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How to Reach Japan by Subway : America's Fascination with Japanese Culture, 1945-1965 / by Mettler, Meghan Warner

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Japanese frames of mind : cultural perspectives on human development

Table of Contents: “…Japanese cultural psychology and empathic understanding : implications for academic and cultural psychology /…”
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War and conscience in Japan : Nambara Shigeru and the Asia-Pacific war by Nanbara, Shigeru, 1889-1974

Table of Contents: “…"The Creation of a New Japanese Culture," February 11, 1946 --…”
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Manga and the representation of Japanese history

Table of Contents: “…Reading Shōwa history through manga : Astro boy as the avatar of postwar Japanese culture /…”
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Exhibiting cultures : the poetics and politics of museum display / Poetics and politics of museum display

Table of Contents: “…The poetics of exhibition in Japanese culture /…”

Nikkei in the Pacific Northwest : Japanese Americans & Japanese Canadians in the twentieth century

Table of Contents: “…Americanization vs. Japanese cultural maintenance: analyzing Seattle's Nihongo Tokuhon, 1920 /…”
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Nikkei in the Pacific Northwest : Japanese Americans & Japanese Canadians in the twentieth century

Table of Contents: “…Americanization vs. Japanese cultural maintenance: analyzing Seattle's Nihongo Tokuhon, 1920 /…”
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Culture, power, and authoritarianism in the Indonesian state : cultural policy across the twentieth-century to the reform era by Jones, Tod, 1977-

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Zen-life : Ikkyū and beyond by Steiner, Evgeny

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Japan Unmasked : the Character & Culture of the Japanese. by De Mente, Boye

Table of Contents: “…Hard" Management; 16 Japan's Suicide Syndrome; 17 Japanese Culture vs. Scientific Management; 18 The Japanese Corporation of the Future; 19 The Eight Golden Rules of Japanese Management: Are They Doomed?…”
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The Zen Arts : an Anthropological Study of the Culture of Aesthetic Form in Japan. by Cox, Rupert

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Beyond Boundaries : East and West Cross-Cultural Encounters. by Huang, Michelle Ying Ling

Table of Contents: “…Early examples of East & West endeavours -- pt. II. Anglo-Japanese cultural exchanges in museum practice and art making -- pt. …”
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A representation of nationhood in the museum : the National Museum of Korea by Jang, Sang-Hoon

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Chapter 1 Japanese cultural imperialism, museums and Koreans -- Chapter 2 Independence, the National Museum and the US -- Chapter 3 Ethnic nationalism and museum narrative -- Chapter 4 National narrative and South Korean society -- Conclusion: 'The museum and representation of nationhood' -- References -- Index.…”
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Passport Japan : Your Pocket Guide to Japanese Business, Customs and Etiquette. by Engel, Dean

Table of Contents: “…""Table of Contents""; ""JAPAN Quick Look""; ""Country Facts""; ""The Japanese""; ""Cultural Stereotypes""; ""Regional Differences""; ""Government & Business""; ""The Work Environment""; ""Women in Business""; ""Making Connections""; ""Strategies for Success""; ""Time""; ""Business Meetings""; ""Negotiating with the Japanese""; ""Business Outside the Law""; ""Names & Greetings""; ""Communication Styles""; ""Customs""; ""Dress & Appearance""; ""Reading the Japanese""; ""Entertaining""; ""Socializing""; ""Basic Japanese Phrases""; ""Correspondence""; ""Useful Numbers""…”
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Tsuchi : earthy materials in contemporary Japanese art by Winther-Tamaki, Bert, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Japanese cultures of earth -- I. Postwar silos of tsuchi media. …”
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Music and words : producing popular songs in modern Japan, 1887-1952 by Patterson, Patrick M.

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Field of Musical Production in Modern Japan, 1872-1912; 2 Shimpei Bushi; 3 The Unity of Music and Words; 4 Nakayama Shimpei and New Folk Songs, 1919-1929; 5 Inventors of Tradition; 6 Modern Urban Folk Songs, 1920-1935; 7 Mainstreaming the Marginal in Japanese Culture, 1925-1952; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.…”
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Rediscovering Japan, Reintroducing Christendom : Two Thousand Years of Christian History in Japan. by Lee, Samuel, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…The origin of the Japanese people -- The lost tribes of Israel -- Hebrew-Japanese cultural comparisons -- The church of the East in Asia -- The church of th East in Japan -- The sixteenth and seventeenth century social, political and economic conditions in Asia & Japan -- The arrival of the Roman Catholic Church in Japan -- The age of persecution -- The hidden church -- The Protestant movement enters Japan -- The clash of cultures -- Christianity in post-war Japan -- A brief summary & conclusions -- A less in missiology & a new beginning.…”
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This Perversion Called Love : Reading Tanizaki, Feminist Theory, and Freud. by Long, Margherita

Table of Contents: “…Suffering Through Japanese Culturalism: Tanizaki's Aesthetic Essays and the Inexorable Western Superego; 2. …”
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Flowers that kill : communicative opacity in political spaces by Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : opacity, misrecognition, and other complexities of symbolic communication -- Japanese cherry blossoms : from the beauty of life to the sublimity of sacrificial death -- European roses : from 'bread and roses' to the aestheticization of murderers -- The subversive monkey in Japanese culture : from scapegoat to clown -- Rice and the Japanese collective self : the purity of exclusion -- The collective self and cultural/political nationalisms : cross-cultural perspectives -- The invisible and inaudible Japanese emperor -- (Non- )externalization of religious and political authority and power : a cross-cultural perspective.…”
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Narratives of agency : self-making in China, India, and Japan

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; Introduction: Agency and Cultural Understanding: Some Preliminary Remarks; 1 Translingual Practice: The Discourse of Individualism between China and the West; 2 Samsara: Self and the Crisis of Visual Narrative; 3 Visual Agency and Ideological Fantasy in Three Films by Zhang Yimou; 4 Contesting and Contested Identities: Mathura's Chaubes; 5 Self-Made; 6 Defining the Self in Indian Literary and Filmic Texts; 7 Selves and Others in Japanese Culture in Historical Perspective; 8 Self, Agency, and Cultural Knowledge: Reflections on Three Japanese Films.…”
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Carmen Blacker Scholar of Japanese Religion, Myth and Folklore: Writings and Reflections. by Cortazzi, Hugh

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Global culture : media, arts, policy, and globalization

Table of Contents: “…Lee Harrington -- Globalization of cultural production : the transformation of children's animated television, 1980 to 1995 / David Hubka -- From western gaze to global gaze : Japanese cultural presence in Asia / Koichi Iwabuchi.…”
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The idea of English in Japan : ideology and the evolution of a global language by Seargeant., Philip

Table of Contents: “…List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Concept of English as a Global Language; Chapter 3 Language Ideology and Global English; Chapter 4 English in Japan: The Current Shape of the Debate; Chapter 5 Globalization: 'Enriching Japanese Culture Through Contact with Other Cultures'; Chapter 6 Authenticity: 'More English than England Itself'; Chapter 7 Aspiration: 'Enhancing Lifestyles and Living Out Dreams'; Chapter 8 The Unknown Language; Chapter 9 Rival Ideologies in Applied Linguistics; Notes; References; Index.…”
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Okakura Tenshin and Pan-Asianism : Shadows of the Past. by Tankha, Brij

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I Okakura Tenshin: Crafting an Ideal; 1 Okakura Tenshin and the Ideal of Pan-Asianism; 2 Japanese Cultural Identity and Nineteenth-century Asian Nationalism: Okakura Tenshin and Swami Vivekananda; 3 Okakura Tenshin: Writing a Good History upon a Modern Plan; Part II Asian Pan-Asianisms; 4 A Transnational History of Japanese Nationalism: Pan-Asianism and Islam 1900-45; 5 Asianism, Nationalism and Culturalism in Early Twentieth Century China; Part III Art and Asia: Varieties of Engagements.…”
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