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1. On the Margins of Japanese Society

   Volunteers and the Welfare of the Urban Underclass

   By Carolyn S. Stevens

   Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

   The popular perception of Japanese society is that it possesses a homogeneity and cultural conformity unlike anything to be found in the West. In fact Japan has its own underclass living outside the mainstream in economic circumstances that are radically different to the more usual perception of a...

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Sound, Space and Sociality in Modern Japan

   Edited by Joseph D. Hankins, Carolyn Stevens

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series

   This book argues that sound – as it is created, transmitted, and perceived – plays a key role in the constitution of space and community in contemporary Japan. The book examines how sonic practices reflect politics, aesthetics, and ethics, with transformative effects on human relations. From...

   To Be Published July 9th 2013 by Routledge
3. Disability in Japan

   By Carolyn Stevens

   Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series

   Disability and chronic illness represents a special kind of cultural diversity, the "other" to "normal" able-bodiedness. Most studies of disability consider disability in North American or European contexts; and studies of diversity in Japan consider ethnic and cultural diversity, but not the...

   Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
4. Japanese Popular Music

   Culture, Authenticity and Power

   By Carolyn Stevens

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   Japanese popular culture has been steadily increasing in visibility both in Asia and beyond in recent years. This book examines Japanese popular music, exploring its historical development, technology, business and production aspects, audiences, and language and culture. Based both on extensive...

   Published January 30th 2009 by Routledge