Wearing cultural styles in Japan : concepts of tradition and modernity in practice / edited by Christopher S. Thompson and John W. Traphagan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, Christopher, 1962-

Traphagan, John W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture and globalization.

Social change.

Japan--Social conditions--1945-.

Japan.

Social conditions.

Japan--Civilization--1945-.

Civilization.

Social change--Japan.

Culture and globalization--Japan.

Physical Description:

xi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2006]

Contents:

The practice of tradition and modernity in contemporary Japan / John W. Traphagan and Christopher S. Thompson

The social impact of rural-urban shift : some Akita examples / John A. Mock

Rice revolutions and farm families in Tōhoku : why is farming culturally central and economically marginal? / William W. Kelly

Young women making lives in northeast Japan / Nancy R. Rosenberger

Negotiating internationalization in Kitasawa / Tomoko Watanabe Traphagan

Preserving the Ochiai deer dance : tradition and continuity in a Tōhoku hamlet / Christopher S. Thompson

Heartbreak's destination : Tōhoku in the poetic discourse of Enka / Debra J. Occhi

Tradition and modernity merged in Tsugaru Nuri lacquerware : perspectives of preservation and promotion, production and consumption / Anthony S. Rausch

Epilogue : Tōhoku : a place / L. Keith Brown.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0791466973

OCLC:

60188263

Publisher Number:

9780791466971