Author Description

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 Gottlieb -- 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 Mclelland -- 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. Edited By Victoria Lyon Bestor And Theodore C. Bestor, With Akiko Yamagata. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 296-309) And Index.