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Re-made in Japan : everyday life and consumer taste in a changing society / edited and with an introduction by Joseph J. Tobin.

Contributor(s): Tobin, Joseph Jay
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1992]Copyright date: ©1992Description: viii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0300052057Subject(s): Ethnology -- Japan | Japanese -- Ethnic identity | Consumers -- Japan -- Attitudes | Japan -- Economic conditions | Japan -- Social life and customs | Culture | JapanDDC classification: 306/.0952 LOC classification: GN635.J2 | R36 1992Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Domesticating the West / Joseph J. Tobin -- The Depāto: Merchandising the West while selling Japaneseness / Millie R. Creighton -- "For beautiful human life": The use of English in Japan / James Stanlaw -- Tractors, television, and telephones: Reach out and touch someone in rural Japan / William W. Kelly -- The Japanese bath: Extraordinarily ordinary / Scott Clark -- Images of the West: Home style in Japanese magazines / Nancy Rosenberger -- Alienation and reconnection in a home for the elderly / Diana Bethel -- Drinking etiquette in a changing beverage market / Stephen R. Smith -- A Japanese-French restaurant in Hawai'i / Jeffrey Tobin -- The aesthetics and politics of Japanese identity in the fashion industry / Dorinne Kondo -- Shopping for souvenirs in Hawai'i / Fumiteru Nitta -- "Bwana Mickey": Constructing cultural consumption at Tokyo Disneyland / Mary Yoko Brannen -- Tango in Japan and the world economy of passion / Marta E. Savigliano.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West GN635.J2 R36 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182800785004

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Domesticating the West / Joseph J. Tobin -- The Depāto: Merchandising the West while selling Japaneseness / Millie R. Creighton -- "For beautiful human life": The use of English in Japan / James Stanlaw -- Tractors, television, and telephones: Reach out and touch someone in rural Japan / William W. Kelly -- The Japanese bath: Extraordinarily ordinary / Scott Clark -- Images of the West: Home style in Japanese magazines / Nancy Rosenberger -- Alienation and reconnection in a home for the elderly / Diana Bethel -- Drinking etiquette in a changing beverage market / Stephen R. Smith -- A Japanese-French restaurant in Hawai'i / Jeffrey Tobin -- The aesthetics and politics of Japanese identity in the fashion industry / Dorinne Kondo -- Shopping for souvenirs in Hawai'i / Fumiteru Nitta -- "Bwana Mickey": Constructing cultural consumption at Tokyo Disneyland / Mary Yoko Brannen -- Tango in Japan and the world economy of passion / Marta E. Savigliano.

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