Wearing Cultural Styles in Japan: Concepts of Tradition and Modernity in Practice

Herausgeber: Thompson, Christopher S.; Traphagan, John W.

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores how tradition and modernity coexist in regional Japan, arguing that the rural/urban dichotomy is outmoded for understanding this contemporary society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: State University of New York Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780791466988
• ISBN-10: 0791466981
• Artikelnr.: 22464076

Autorenporträt

Christopher S. Thompson is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Ohio University. John W. Traphagan is Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of Taming Oblivion: Aging Bodies and the Fear of Senility in Japan and the coeditor (with John Knight) of Demographic Change and the Family in Japan's Aging Society, both published by SUNY Press.