The Japanese Trajectory : Modernization and Beyond (Paperback)

Introduction: modernisation and beyond Gavan McCormack and Yoshio Sugimoto; Part I. Popular Culture: tradition and 'modernisation'; 1. Sumo and popular culture Harold Bolitho; 2. Osaka popular culture Tada Michitaro; 3. New trends in Japanese popular culture Kogawa Tetsuo; Part II. Popular movements: alternative visions of 'modernisation'; 4. Popular movements in modern Japanese history Irokawa Daikichi; 5. For self and society Stephen Large; Part III. Uneven development and its discontents; 6. The other side of Meiji Ian Inkster; 7. Nuclear power and the labour movement Yuki Tanaka; 8. Street labour markets, day labourers and the structure of oppression Matsuzawa Tessei; Part IV. Sex, politics and 'modernity'; 9. The Japanese women's movement Ueno Chizuko; 10. Male homosexuality as treated by Japanese women writers Tomoko Aoyama; 11. Body politics Sandra Buckley; 12. Division of labour Vera Mackie; Part V. 'Modernisation' and 'modernity'; 13. Paths to modernity Johann Arnason; 14. The concept of modernisation re-examined from the Japanese experience Kawamura Nozomu; Glossary; Index.