Multicultural Japan : Palaeolithic to Postmodern /

Multicultural Japan : Palaeolithic to Postmodern /

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Imprint:Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Description:1 online resource (312 pages)
Language:English
Series:Contemporary Japanese Society
Contemporary Japanese society.
Subject:
Japan -- Civilization -- Foreign influences -- Congresses.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12355919
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Other authors / contributors:Denoon, Donald.
Hudson, Mark.
McCormack, Gavan.
Morris-Suzuki, Tessa.
ISBN:9781139084901
1139084909
9780521550673
052155067X
Notes:Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Dec 2011).
English.
Summary:This book challenges the conventional view of Japanese society as monocultural and homogenous. Unique for its historical breadth and interdisciplinary orientation, Multicultural Japan ranges from prehistory to the present, arguing that cultural diversity has always existed in Japan. A timely and provocative discussion of identity politics regarding the question of 'Japaneseness', the book traces the origins of the Japanese, examining Japan's indigenous people and the politics of archaeology, using the latter to link Japan's ancient history with contemporary debates on identity. Also examined are Japan's historical connections with Europe and East and Southeast Asia, ideology, family, culture and past and present.
Other form:Print version: 9780521550673

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