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A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness

Author : Yuko Kawai
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149859901X
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness written by Yuko Kawai and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Yuko Kawai departs from the common conception of Japan as an ethnically homogenous nation. A Transnational Critique of Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism, Racism, and Multiculturalism in Japan investigates the construction of Japaneseness from a transnational perspective, examining ways to make Japanese nationhood more inclusive. Kawai analyzes a variety of communicational practices during the first two decades of the twenty-first century while situating Japaneseness in its longer historical transformation from the late nineteenth century. Kawai focuses on governmental and popular ideas of Japaneseness in light of local, global, historical, and contemporary contexts as well as in relation to a diverse array of Others in both Asia and the West.

Multiculturalism, Language, and Race in English Education in Japan: Agency, Pedagogy, and Reckoning

Author : Gregory Paul Glasgow
Publisher : Candlin & Mynard
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Multiculturalism, Language, and Race in English Education in Japan: Agency, Pedagogy, and Reckoning by : Gregory Paul Glasgow

Download or read book Multiculturalism, Language, and Race in English Education in Japan: Agency, Pedagogy, and Reckoning written by Gregory Paul Glasgow and published by Candlin & Mynard. This book was released on 2023-03-15 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is claimed that the English language teaching (ELT) profession incorporates principles of multiculturalism, tolerance, and pluralism, especially since it is viewed as a practical tool to promote intercultural exchange. However, as movements for social justice worldwide become more prevalent, some stakeholders in the field are beginning to question the field’s genuine commitment to such values. In Japan, for example, is the English language truly viewed as a practical communication tool to engage with diverse interlocutors on the global stage? Or do problematic discourses regarding the notion of the “ownership of English” and the ‘idealized speaker of English’ prevail due to the lingering dichotomy between so-called ‘non-native’ English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) and ‘native’ English-speaking teachers (NESTs) — a dichotomy that unfortunately intersects with views of ethnoracial and cultural difference, and which leads to discriminatory tendencies in pedagogical practices, educational cultures, and social structures? The overall purpose of this volume is to initiate conversations about how issues surrounding language, race, and multiculturalism currently inform pedagogical practice in English Language Teaching (ELT) in Japan. We—the editor and contributors—intend to explore these issues with the hope that the experiences and pedagogical actions documented in this volume will motivate others to reflect on current challenges, raise appreciation for diversity in ELT, and dismantle inequities.

Cross-border Shadow Education and Critical Pedagogy

Author : Glenn Toh
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030928322
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Cross-border Shadow Education and Critical Pedagogy written by Glenn Toh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores critical pedagogy and issues relating to entrepreneurialism, commodification, and marketization in education, and their deleterious effects on student agency and subjectivity. The central theme of the book is a cross-border critical ethnographic study of the shadow education practices of an overseas Japanese business community in Singapore which draws attention to the elaborate extent to which families are engaged in shadow or cram tutoring practices as part of their children’s education, supported by the strong presence of overseas branches of well-established corporate tutoring businesses headquartered in Japan. The author ultimately critiques a banking approach to education, particularly in terms of its oppressive and dehumanizing outcomes, sustained by the inner workings of neoliberal forces and mercantilist ideologies.

Mito and the Politics of Reform in Early Modern Japan

Author : Michael Alan Thornton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793641900
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Book Synopsis Mito and the Politics of Reform in Early Modern Japan by : Michael Alan Thornton

Download or read book Mito and the Politics of Reform in Early Modern Japan written by Michael Alan Thornton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines early modern Mito, today an ordinary provincial capital on the outskirts of the Tokyo commuter belt, but once the headquarters of Mito Domain, one of the most consequential places in all of Japan. As one of just three senior branches of the Tokugawa family—which ruled over Japan for 260 years—Mito’s ruling family enjoyed unparalleled status and exerted enormous influence throughout its history. In the seventeenth century, its scholars produced some of early modern Japan’s most important historical scholarship. In the eighteenth century, it developed a robust and pragmatic program of reform to confront depopulation and foreign threats. In the nineteenth century, it became the birthplace of a revolutionary ideology that transformed Japan into a modern, imperial nation. The power of these ideas swept across Japan, inspiring activists everywhere to take up the cause of building a new nation—but they also devastated Mito, leading to a brutal civil war that scarred its people for generations. This book complements existing studies of Mito’s ideas by focusing on the history of Mito as a place and telling the stories of Mito’s politicians, reformers, and ordinary people from the beginning of the domain’s history to its end.

Japan Decides 2021

Author : Robert J. Pekkanen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031113241
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Japan Decides 2021 written by Robert J. Pekkanen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent elections in Japan have been dramatic, and the 2021 general election was no exception. Worldwide turmoil caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as well as domestic uncertainty following the resignation of long-serving Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Prime Minister Abe Shinzō, left many voters and political observers wondering whether his successors were up to the task of leading the country through the crisis. In the end, the LDP and coalition partner Kōmeitō eked out an electoral victory—but one that masks important changes in the party system and nuanced changes in voter behavior and preferences. This fourth volume in the Japan Decides series features a comprehensive collection of analyses from leading experts, covering the legacy of Abe’s tenure in office, the state of the LDP and other parties, the impact of COVID-19 and the postponed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and many other important topics in contemporary party politics and domestic and foreign policy.

A Research Agenda for Leadership Learning and Development through Higher Education

Author : Susan R. Komives
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800887787
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis A Research Agenda for Leadership Learning and Development through Higher Education by : Susan R. Komives

Download or read book A Research Agenda for Leadership Learning and Development through Higher Education written by Susan R. Komives and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting a multilevel perspective, this innovative Research Agenda offers a comprehensive and critical overview of research on all aspects of contemporary leadership education. Bringing together enlightening contributions from experienced scholars of leadership education along with a team of early career critical scholars, it examines essential dimensions of leadership education processes and outcomes and interrogates the knowledge bases that shape these dimensions.

A Japanese Mission to Seventeenth-Century Rome

Author : Kathryn M. Lucchese
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1666962066
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (669 download)

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Book Synopsis A Japanese Mission to Seventeenth-Century Rome by : Kathryn M. Lucchese

Download or read book A Japanese Mission to Seventeenth-Century Rome written by Kathryn M. Lucchese and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-10-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through essays on its key players, detailed original maps, and a narrative drawn from contemporary Italian and Latin sources never before translated into English, A Japanese Mission to 17th Century Rome: Date Masamune’s Cosmopolitan Dream presents a nuanced history of the Keicho Mission (1613-1620), a little-known embassy sent to Europe by Masamune Date, the wealthy and ambitious Lord of Oshu (northeastern Japan) seeking to establish trade and cultural ties with Spain and the Roman Catholic Church. Kathryn M. Lucchese describes how the Mission crossed the Pacific, New Spain, and the Atlantic, toured Spain and Italy and paraded in triumph across Rome before making the long return to Sendai. Though its full success was doomed by unfriendly forces in Europe and unfolding policies in Japan, the Mission did open a brief period of trade with New Spain and earned papal support for a Diocese of Japan, leaving traces of its passing in the form of Japanese settlers in Spain and Mexico and the cosmopolitan soul of modern Sendai.

Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan

Author : Saeko Kimura
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793605378
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Book Synopsis Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan by : Saeko Kimura

Download or read book Theorizing Post-Disaster Literature in Japan written by Saeko Kimura and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal book is the first sustained critical work that engages with the varieties of literature following the triple disasters—the earthquake, tsunami, and meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Wild Lines and Poetic Travels

Author : Doug Slaymaker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793607583
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

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Book Synopsis Wild Lines and Poetic Travels by : Doug Slaymaker

Download or read book Wild Lines and Poetic Travels written by Doug Slaymaker and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays and translations analyzes the prodigious and wide-ranging output of Keijiro Suga. Based in Japan, Keijiro Suga's works are wide-ranging and multilingual. His volumes of poetry have been shortlisted for a range of poetry prizes, and he was awarded the 2011 Yomiuri Shinbun Prize for Travel writing. He has translated dozens of books and has authored or co-authored more than fifteen other books across various genres. He is, by his own introduction, a poet first, but is also a prolific book reviewer, an astute theorist, and an insightful critic. His presence and contributions have been profound in many countries around the globe.

History of Popular Culture in Japan

Author : E. Taylor Atkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350195952
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book History of Popular Culture in Japan written by E. Taylor Atkins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of 'Cool Japan' is one of the distinctive features of global popular culture of the millennial age. A History of Popular Culture in Japan provides the first historical and analytical overview of popular culture in Japan from its origins in the 17th century to the present day, using it to explore broader themes of conflict, power and meaning in Japanese history. E. Taylor Atkins shows how Japan was one of the earliest sites for the development of mass-produced, market-oriented cultural products consumed by urban middle and working classes. From traditional monochrome ink painting, court literature and poetry to anime, manga and J-Pop, popular culture was pivotal in the rise of Japanese nationalism, imperialism, militarism and economic development, and to the present day plays a central role in Japanese identity. With updated historiography throughout, this fully revised second edition features: - A new chapter on popular culture in the Edo period - An expanded section on pre-Tokugawa culture - More discussion on recent pop culture phenomena such as TV game shows, cuteness and J-Pop - 10 new images - A new glossary of terms including kanji This improved edition is a vital resource for students of Japanese cultural history wishing to gain a deeper understanding of Japan's contributions to global cultural heritage.

Sessue Hayakawa

Author : Daisuke Miyao
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822339694
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Sessue Hayakawa written by Daisuke Miyao and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-28 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVCritical biography of Sessue Hayakawa, a Japanese actor who became a popular silent film star in the U.S., that looks at how Hollywood treated issues of race and nationality in the early twentieth century./div

Japan's Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century

Author : Lam Peng Er
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498587968
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Book Synopsis Japan's Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century by : Lam Peng Er

Download or read book Japan's Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century written by Lam Peng Er and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection analyzes the innovative changes in Japan’s foreign policy. Pursuing new relationships with South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, Japanese initiatives include regional peace-building and human security activities, Asian multilateralism, and the Indo-Pacific concept. This collection focuses on these evolving international relationships through Japan’s unique approach to political change and continuity.

Japanese Media Cultures in Japan and Abroad: Transnational Consumption of Manga, Anime, and Media-Mixes

Author : Manuel Hernández-Pérez
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039210084
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Media Cultures in Japan and Abroad: Transnational Consumption of Manga, Anime, and Media-Mixes written by Manuel Hernández-Pérez and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2019-06-24 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last few decades, Japanese popular culture productions have been consolidated as one of the most influential and profitable global industries. As a creative industry, Japanese Media-Mixes generate multimillion-dollar revenues, being a product of international synergies and the natural appeal of the characters and stories. The transnationalization of investment capital, diversification of themes and (sub)genres, underlying threat in the proliferation of illegal audiences, development of internet streaming technologies, and other new transformations in media-mix-based production models make the study of these products even more relevant today. In this way, manga (Japanese comics), anime (Japanese animation), and video games are not necessarily products designed for the national market. More than ever, it is necessary to reconcile national and transnational positions for the study of this cultural production. The present volume includes contributions aligned to the analysis of Japanese popular culture flow from many perspectives (cultural studies, film, comic studies, sociology, etc.), although we have emphasized the relationships between manga, anime, and international audiences. The selected works include the following topics: • Studies on audiences—national and transnational case studies; • Fandom production and Otaku culture; • Cross-media and transmedia perspectives; • Theoretical perspectives on manga, anime, and media-mixes.

Transnational Representations

Author : James Wicks
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888208500
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (882 download)

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Download or read book Transnational Representations written by James Wicks and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transnational Representations focuses on a neglected period in Taiwan film scholarship: the golden age of the 1960s and 1970s, which saw innovations in plot, theme and genre as directors highlighted the complexities of Taiwan’s position in the world. Combining a concise overview of Taiwan film history with analysis of representative Taiwan films, the book reveals the internal and external struggles Taiwan experienced in its search for global identity. This cross-disciplinary study adopts a transnational approach which presents Taiwan’s film industry as one that is intertwined with that of mainland China, challenging previous accounts that present the two industries as parallel yet separate. The book also offers productive comparisons between Taiwan films and contemporary films elsewhere representing the politics of migration, and between the antecedents of new cinema movements and Taiwan New Cinema of the 1980s. “James Wicks’s book offers a most nuanced, sensible, and timely account of the 1960s to 1970s Taiwan films in terms of plot, theme, language, and generic innovations. It zooms in on works by such prominent directors as Li Xing, Bai Jingrui, Song Cunshou, and others, highlighting local, regional, and transnational flows, while not losing sight of the complexities in the island-state’s identity and modernity formation processes.” —Ping-hui Liao, University of California, San Diego “Wicks’s engaging study forges a comparative approach to Taiwanese cinema that is enlivened and inspired by the possibility of close reading, historical research, and interviews. Most importantly, it draws attention to seminal films so rarely discussed in the English language.” —Brian Hu, artistic director of the San Diego Asian Film Festival

The United States and the Japanese Student Movement, 1948-1973

Author : Naoko Koda
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9781498583435
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book The United States and the Japanese Student Movement, 1948-1973 written by Naoko Koda and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author argues that interactions between the movement and US Cold Warriors had a profound and lasting impact on Japanese society and Japan-US relations.

Transnational Japan as History

Author : Pedro Iacobelli
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137568798
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Transnational Japan as History written by Pedro Iacobelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at the history of Japan from a transnational perspective. It brings to the fore the interconnectedness of Japan's history with the wider Asian-Pacific region and the world. This interconnectedness is examined in the volume through the themes of empire, migration, and social movements.

Women in Transnational History

Author : Clare Midgley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317236130
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Women in Transnational History written by Clare Midgley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in Transnational History offers a range of fresh perspectives on the field of women’s history, exploring how cross-border connections and global developments since the nineteenth century have shaped diverse women’s lives and the gendered social, cultural, political and economic histories of specific localities. The book is divided into three thematically-organised parts, covering gendered histories of transnational networks, women’s agency in the intersecting histories of imperialisms and nationalisms, and the concept of localizing the global and globalizing the local. Discussing a broad spectrum of topics from the politics of dress in Philippine mission stations in the early twentieth century to the shifting food practices of British women during the Second World War, the chapters bring women to the centre of the writing of new transnational histories. Illustrated with images and figures, this book throws new light on key global themes from the perspective of women’s and gender history. Written by an international team of editors and contributors, it is a valuable and timely resource for students and researchers of both women’s history and transnational and global history.