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Title:

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

Publisher:

State University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xi, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Japan--Social conditions--1945-
Japan--Civilization--1945-
Social change--Japan.
Culture and globalization--Japan.

Other Authors:

Thompson, Christopher, 1962-
Traphagan, John W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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 T¿‍hoku : 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 T¿‍hoku hamlet / Christopher S. Thompson -- Heartbreak's destination : T¿‍hoku 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 : T¿‍hoku : a place / L. Keith Brown.

ISBN:

9780791466971
0791466973 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60188263

LCCN:

2005012104

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)