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Reading against Culture: Ideology and Narrative in the Japanese Novel

Book by David Pollack; Cornell University Press, 1992

Subjects:

Culture In Literature, Ideology And Literature, Japan--Civilization--Philosophy, Japanese Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...essentialized ideas of culture, we also situate the...simultaneously inside and outside culture, both ones own and...simultaneously to resist cultures distinctive maneuver...by "reading against culture." The most obvious...essentializing not only Japanese culture but my own as...Suppression of Savage Customs, which begins with...
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Culture and Customs of Cuba

Book by William Luis; Greenwood Press, 2001

Subjects:

Arts, Cuban--20th Century, Cuba--Civilization--20th Century, Cuba--Social Life And Customs--20th Century, Popular Culture--Cuba

Collections: History, Entire Library

...influence of Luis Feito, and his affinity for Asian religion and culture, in particular Buddhism. From the latter stage Sarduy painted...Some of these include Canela Cinnamon, 1990 , Jardin japonais Japanese Garden, 1990 , Paysage Scenery, 1990 1991 , and Ville Village...
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Japanese Aesthetics and Culture: A Reader

Book by Nancy G. Hume; State University of New York Press, 1995

Subjects:

Aesthetics, Japanese, Arts, Japanese--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...19 Inundated by American culture, customs, and fads, Japanese filmmakers began experimenting...an act strictly banned from Japanese films before the war and even...foreign imports. To the prewar Japanese the kiss had been "an act...
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Japanese Bankers in the City of London: Language, Culture and Identity in the Japanese Diaspora

Book by Junko Sakai; Routledge, 2000

Subjects:

Bankers--England--London, Financial Institutions--England--London, Japanese--England--London, National Characteristics, Japanese

Collections: Entire Library

...63 , 143 ; trust bank 45 Japanese business culture 182 ; see also Anglo-American business culture; business customs 27 ; business methods 29 , 204 Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry 39 Japanese companies 2 , 3 - 4 , 5 , 169...
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Japanese Character and Culture: A Book of Selected Readings

Book by Bernard S. Silberman; University of Arizona Press, 1962

Subjects:

National Characteristics, Japanese

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Avrohm and A. N. Berenberg, "Japanese Psychiatry and Psychotherapy...321-29. JOYA Mock, Japanese Customs and Manners , Tokyo, 1949. KATO Hidetoshi Ed. and Trans. , Japanese Popular Culture: Some Studies in Mass Communications...

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Household Altars in Contemporary Japan: Rectifying Buddhist "ancestor Worship" with Home Décor and Consumer Choice

Journal article by John Nelson; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 35, 2008

Subjects:

Buddhism, Japan, Japanese culture, Rites & ceremonies, Social life & customs, Spirituality

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...alone, religious customs once outlawed...course in the culture and costs of...and militarize Japanese society, and...According to Japanese art historian...emulated this custom and likewise...sense of kuyo culture and community...we love. This custom is called KUYO...thinking the Japanese are both morbidly...
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Invitation to the Secret Buddha of Zenkoji: Kaicho and Religious Culture in Early Modern Japan

Journal article by Nam-Lin Hur; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 36, 2009

Subjects:

Buddhism, Culture, Deities, Fund raising, Japan, Religious studies, Rites & ceremonies

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...ideas combined to produce a culture of kaich., which featured...The blossoming of kaich. culture, fostered by Japans traditional...rooted in traditional religious culture. The religiosity of the early...mobility catered to the religious customs of local worshippers. For...
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Gender Enactment on a First Date: A Japanese Sample

Journal article by Masayuki Nakanishi; Women and Language, Vol. 21, 1998

Subjects:

Dating (Social customs)--Social aspects, Japanese--Rites and ceremonies

Collections: Entire Library

...differences between the two cultures. The Japanese culture is often described as a...considered valid across cultures. The results of this study...knowledge about conventional Japanese culture and Japanese communication style were...
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Intra-Asian Cultural Flow: Cultural Homologies in Hong Kong and Japanese Television Soap Operas

Journal article by Anthony Fung; Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Vol. 51, 2007

Subjects:

Acculturation--Research, Assimilation (Sociology)--Research, Globalization--Influence, Japanese culture--Portrayals, Soap operas--Demographic aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...discovered in other cultures, which may or...that although Japanese culture may play an important...regarded as local cultures "momentum for...core elements of Japanese culture are not much different...popularity of Japanese culture is attributed...to argue that Japanese cultures continued presence...
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Journey to the West

Journal article by J. S. A Elisonas; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 34, 2007

Subjects:

Asian history, Chijiwa, Miguel, Christianity, Entertainers, Hara, Martinho, Ito, Mancio, Japan, Japanese culture, Nakaura, Juliao, Novels, Religious missions, Valignana, Alexandro

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...entire approach to the Japanese people was transformed...indigenous manners and customs. To be sure, when...hesitate to subject his Japanese hosts to pressures...the final analysis, Japanese "military science...For a truly superior culture, both Japan and China...

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Japanese Mind Set: the Roots of Today's Japanese Business Culture

Magazine article by Chin-Ning Chu; Business Credit, Vol. 94, July 1992

Subjects:

Attitudes, Corporate culture, Culture, Economic policy, Effects, History, Japan, Traditions

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of the same nature. Japanese workers are willing...hours per day. For the Japanese individual, this fierce...it extends to the Japanese nation and culture as a whole. ARTICLE...eliminate outdated customs and follow the laws...
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Characteristics of Japanese Communication

Magazine article by Sanae Kobayashi; Communication World, Vol. 14, December 1996

Subjects:

Corporate culture, Internal public relations, Interpersonal communication, Japan, Social life & customs

Collections: Entire Library

...single race, culture and religion. Therefore, Japanese people are expected...culture and customs. First, with...accepted labor custom for more than...Japanese labor customs, especially...employee. These customs have enabled...last one, the custom of seniority...primarily because Japanese management found...and respect cultures that differ...
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Japanese Mountain Deities

Magazine article by Fred Thompson; The Architectural Review, Vol. 202, October 1997

Subjects:

Architecture, Japanese--Analysis, Japan--Popular culture, Space (Architecture)--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...Yoshino Hiroko4 to the original Japanese creation myth involving the...transformed by larger commercial Japanese towns and cities. In contrast...the rituals and the social customs of the festival to the young...Kakunodate I began to see how the Japanese might think of physical spaces...
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Chimp Culture - Separate Chimpanzee Societies Develop Their Own Traditions and Customs, According to Field Researchers from Seven Sites in Africa

Magazine article by Tim Friend; International Wildlife, September 2000

Subjects:

Chimpanzees--Behavior, Primates--Behavior, Tanzania--Environmental aspects

Collections: Entire Library

Chimp Culture - Separate chimpanzee...own traditions and customs, according to field...exclusively human culture club. Such conclusions...came from a study of Japanese macaques on the tiny island of Koshima. Japanese primatologist Kinji...
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Guilt, Identity, and Japaneseness: If We Are to Love Japan, We Must Learn to Forgive the Japanese. This Will Never Be Easy, since the Japanese Do Not Seek Collective Forgiveness and Believe They Did Nothing as a Nation That Might Make It Necessary

Magazine article by Robert Fulford; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 113, Fall 2006

Subjects:

Japan--History, Japan--Social aspects, Japanese (Asian people)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japanese (Asian people)--History, Japanese (Asian people)--Social aspects, Japanese--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japanese--History, Japanese--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Militarization of Cherry Blossoms in Japanese Culture," describes how various governments...instability of meaning within Japanese culture. We can grasp some of his hesitation...already loved many aspects of Japanese culture, from ancient architecture...

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Rare Showing of Japanese Prints

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 2, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...called Lucky Treasures and Japanese Beauties. Known as "ukiyo...glimpse aspects of 19th century Japanese life, its culture, customs and traditions." Japan opened...early-20th centuries.. Japanese woodblock printing in particular...
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Focusing on Japanese Art Fulbright Scholar to Host Art Festival

Newspaper article by Gretchen Marquardt; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 7, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...knowledge of Japanese customs and art has undoubtedly...experienced by organizing a Japanese American Art Festival...has plenty of unique, Japanese-inspired artwork on...classrooms, examples of Japanese scratch art, and paintings...are dropped into the culture; theres no way you...
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Kelly Osbourne Turns Japanese

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 2, 2007

Subjects:

Osbourne, Kelly

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...disagree on certain Japanese practices and customs which do not conform...festival, a uniquely Japanese event is her next stop...embrace its extraordinary culture. Again, she finds...Osbourne: Turning Japanese premieres on the Discovery...
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Kelly Osbourne Turns Japanese

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 10, 2007

Subjects:

Osbourne, Kelly

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...disagree on certain Japanese practices and customs which do not conform...festival, a uniquely Japanese event is her next stop...embrace its extraordinary culture. Again, she finds...Osbourne: Turning Japanese premieres on the Discovery...
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Kelly Osbourne Turns Japanese

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 8, 2007

Subjects:

Osbourne, Kelly

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...disagree on certain Japanese practices and customs which do not conform...festival, a uniquely Japanese event is her next stop...embrace its extraordinary culture. Again, she finds...Osbourne: Turning Japanese premieres on the Discovery...

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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...had developed a Bronze Age culture by the time the first Celtic...brought their energetic Iron Age culture to Britain. It is believed...strongly manifest in all phases of culture (see Anglo-Saxon literature...Irish and continental religious customs were decided in favor of the...
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Germany

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...but used the Zollverein , a customs union from which Austria was...1941, shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany...1959 69); P. Gay, Weimar Culture (1968); G. Ritter, The...1914: Economy, Society, Culture, and Politics (1994); S...
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Russia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cent. was still medieval in culture and outlook, and it was not...politics, administration, and culture were altered considerably...disastrous and unpopular Russo-Japanese War (1904 5) led to the Revolution...Tajikistan later joined the customs union the four established...
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History

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...related orally, and many cultures have produced intricate and...recorded myths, described customs, and made speculations...the persistence of a unified culture gave somewhat more literary...the way to the history of cultures in the round (related to...the 3d cent. a.d. the Japanese began to keep imperial archives...

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