Living Japan : essays on everyday life in contemporary society / edited by Harumi Kimura ; translated by Haruko Miyazaki, Yuriko Takahashi and others.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kimura, Harumi.

Miyazaki, Haruko.

Takahashi, Yuriko.

Series:

Brill eBook titles 2010

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Civilization--21st century.

Japan.

Japan--Social life and customs--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Folkestone, Kent, U.K. : Global Oriental, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume forms a unique and remarkable enterprise in the context of contemporary Japanese literature, social studies and the nature of Japanese society. It comprises 70 essays by private individuals living in Japan today (members of a writing club) who have chosen a subject to write about with a view to projecting a genuine insight into the events, issues and aspirations that make them who they are – from life in a condominium to dealing with in-laws, early retirement and life after children. Edited and introduced by the distinguished best-selling author Harumi Kimura (winner of the Ohya non-fiction prize for her book ‘Letters from Twilight London’), the book’s objective is to make ‘Japan’more accessible to the nonspecialist general reader and provide a counter-balance to Western media images and reporting as well as conventional academic theory and observation about modern Japanese society. By definition, it also offers an invaluable primary source for scholarly reference.

Contents:

pt. 1. At the foot of Mount Fuji

pt. 2. New Year's cards

pt. 3. Please answer in Japanese

pt. 4. Call me mummy

pt. 5. As if I were in paradise

pt. 6. Those days in Britain

pt. 7. From the kitchen window

pt. 8. Living alone rehearsal.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-08897-1

9786612088971

90-04-21305-8

OCLC:

753480463

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9781905246861.i-252 DOI