Re-inventing Japan: Nation, Culture, Identity

by Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Overview

This text rethinks the contours of Japanese history, culture and nationality. Challenging the mythology of a historically unitary, even monolithic Japan, it offers a different perspective on culture and identity in modern Japan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765600813
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/30/1997
Series:	Japan in the Modern World Series
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1530L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Japan; Chapter 3 Nature; Chapter 4 Culture; Chapter 5 Race; Chapter 6 Gender; Chapter 7 Civilization; Chapter 8 Globalization; Chapter 9 Citizenship;

Editorial Reviews

While secondarily presenting ideas about the Japanese race (), ethnic group (), or culture (), Morris-Suzuki (Japanese history, Australian National U.) probes categories of thought underlying the concepts of nationhood: specifically, the temporal and spatial dimensions defining a nation. She treats the indigenous people, gender, citizenship, and globalization issues rendering Japan not as homogeneous as typically regarded. The author wrote the book while Australia was debating its identity as a multicultural nation. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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