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1. Japan in Singapore

   Cultural Occurrences and Cultural Flows

   By Eyal Ben-Ari, John Clammer

   The Japanese impact on Southeast Asia has been profound, not only in terms of economic presence, but equally in terms of an increasingly visible cultural presence. Food, fashion, TV, film, religion, sport, popular music, ideas about management and social relationships and even local literatures...

   To Be Published September 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Unwrapping Japan

   Society and Culture in Anthropological Perspective

   Edited by Eyal Ben-Ari, Brian Moeran, Jim Valentine

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Japan

   Recent years have witnessed an explosive growth in the literature published about Japan. Yet it seems that the more that is written about Japan and Japanism – its culture, society, people – the more mysterious it becomes. As well as exploring issues relating to advertising, tourism, women,...

   To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Popular Culture and the State in East and Southeast Asia

   Edited by Nissim Otmazgin, Eyal Ben-Ari

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations

   This volume examines the relations between popular culture production and export and the state in East and Southeast Asia including the urban centres and middle-classes of Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Thailand, and the Philippines. It addresses the shift in...

   Published October 13th 2011 by Routledge
4. Asian Anthropology

   Edited by Jan Van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari, Syed Farid Alatas

   Series: Anthropology of Asia

   Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a universal standard or trajectory for the development of anthropology in Asia, the contributors to this...

   Published August 20th 2009 by Routledge
5. Body Projects in Japanese Childcare

   Culture, Organization and Emotions in a Preschool

   By Eyal Ben-Ari

   Examines the place of body practices and the management of emotions in Japanese preschools. Early childhood socialization is explored as a set of 'body projects': a series of practices undertaken (over time) to design the body according to prevailing cultural definitions and images....

   Published December 15th 1996 by Routledge