This collection of essays challenges the notion that Japan's present cultural identity is the simple legacy of Japan's premodern and insular past. Building on the pathbreaking historical analysis of British traditions, The Invention of Tradition, sixteen American and Japanese scholars examine "age-old" Japanese cultural practices, ranging from judo to labor management, and show these to be largely creations of the modern era.
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"This book forces a rethinking of the contentional dichotomy between tradition and modernity. The authors argue provocatively that much of Japanese 'tradition' is a modern invention."--Gail Lee Bernstein, author of Haruko's World
"Sure to stimulate debate in the field of Japanese studies, this important work deftly historicizes the origins of such 'traditional practices' as judo or Japanese-style management."--Peter Duus, author of The Abacus and the Sword
"Sure to stimulate debate in the field of Japanese studies, this important work deftly historicizes the origins of such 'traditional practices' as judo or Japanese-style management."--Peter Duus, author of The Abacus and the Sword
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"This book forces a rethinking of the contentional dichotomy between tradition and modernity. The authors argue provocatively that much of Japanese 'tradition' is a modern invention." (Gail Lee Bernstein, author of Haruko's World)
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Modern Japan is widely regarded as a society saturated with customs, values, and social relationships that organically link present generations of Japanese to past generations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
weak legal consciousness, yonaoshi rebellion, nichirin heisha, yokozuna license, championship system, native ethnology, shihonshugi bunseki, cultural unevenness, kankei shi, cafe waitress, reproduction schema, shi ron, rural relief, new nativism, industrial paternalism, litigation rates, beautiful customs, prefectural capital, modern years, prefectural assembly, historical imaginary, emigration movement, factory law, colonization movement, modern japan Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yanagita Kunio, New York, United States, University of California Press, World War, Princeton University Press, Meiji Restoration, Seventeen-Article Constitution, Sumo Association, Pacific War, Iwanami Shoten, Daigaku Shuppankai, Jennifer Robertson, Cambridge University Press, Andrew Gordon, Miriam Silverberg, Prince Shbtoku, Stephen Vlastos, Youth Brigade, Sasaki Junnosuke, Tokyo Imperial University, University of Chicago Press, Yokoi Tokiyoshi, Yokozuna Review Board, Hashimoto Mitsuru New!
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Modern Japan is widely regarded as a society saturated with customs, values, and social relationships that organically link present generations of Japanese to past generations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
weak legal consciousness, yonaoshi rebellion, nichirin heisha, yokozuna license, championship system, native ethnology, shihonshugi bunseki, cultural unevenness, kankei shi, cafe waitress, reproduction schema, shi ron, rural relief, new nativism, industrial paternalism, litigation rates, beautiful customs, prefectural capital, modern years, prefectural assembly, historical imaginary, emigration movement, factory law, colonization movement, modern japan Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Yanagita Kunio, New York, United States, University of California Press, World War, Princeton University Press, Meiji Restoration, Seventeen-Article Constitution, Sumo Association, Pacific War, Iwanami Shoten, Daigaku Shuppankai, Jennifer Robertson, Cambridge University Press, Andrew Gordon, Miriam Silverberg, Prince Shbtoku, Stephen Vlastos, Youth Brigade, Sasaki Junnosuke, Tokyo Imperial University, University of Chicago Press, Yokoi Tokiyoshi, Yokozuna Review Board, Hashimoto Mitsuru New!
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- Global Modernities (Theory, Culture & Society) (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) by Mike Featherstone on page 113, page 128, and Back Matter
- Native and Newcomer: Making and Remaking a Japanese City by Jennifer Robertson on page 67, page 112, and Back Matter
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