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Introduction
Use this guide to find information on the culture, literature, language, cinema and history of Japan.
Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society by Publication Date: 2011This handbook is an interdisciplinary resource that focuses on contemporary Japan and the social and cultural trends that are important at the beginning of the 21st century.
The Japanese Mind: understanding contemporary Japanese culture by Publication Date: 2011In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick.
Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics by ISBN: 9781351818407Publication Date: 2019The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics provides an insight into the language and society of contemporary Japan from a fresh perspective. While it was once believed that Japan was a linguistically homogenous country, research over the past two decades has shown Japan to be a multilingual and sociolinguistically diversifying country.
Introducing Japanese Popular Culture by ISBN: 9781032298085Publication Date: 2023Japanese Popular Culture is a comprehensive textbook offering an up-to-date overview of a wide variety of media forms. It provides a thorough analysis of the historical and contemporary trends that have shaped artistic production, as well as politics, society, and economics in Japan
