Sugimoto, Yoshio

The Cambridge companion to modern Japanese culture / edited by Yoshio Sugimoto. - xv, 413 p. : ill., maps ;

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-400) and index.

'Japanese culture': an overview / Yoshio Sugimoto -- Concepts of Japan, Japanese culture and the Japanese / Harumi Befu -- Japan's emic conceptions / Takami Kuwayama -- Language / Hugh Clarke -- Family culture / Anne E. Imamura -- School culture / Kaori H. Okano -- Work culture / Ross Mouer -- Technological culture / Morris Low -- Religious culture / Stephen Covell -- Political culture / Takashi Inoguchi -- Buraku culture / Hideo Aoki -- Literary culture / Toshiko Ellis -- Popular leisure / Sepp Linhart -- Manga, anime and visual art culture / Craig Norris -- Music culture / Junko Kitagawa -- Housing culture / Ann Waswo -- Food culture / Naomichi Ishige -- Sports culture / Mih oKoishihara -- Globalisation and cultural nationalism / Takashi Inoguchi -- Exporting Japan's culture: from management style to manga / Ross Mouer and craig Norris

This companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan

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