| Unmasking Japan Today: The Impact of Traditional Values on Modern Japanese Society Contributor(s): Keyser, Donna (Author), Kumagai, Fumie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275951448 ISBN-13: 9780275951443 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: Modern-day Japan has proven to be a complex nation struggling to combine traditional attitudes with the political and social demands of an advanced industrialized economy. This struggle to balance the past with the present has had a significant impact on the structure of human relations in contemporary Japan, particularly in the areas of the family and family dynamics, lifestyles, the education of children, the socialization of youth, women in the workplace, and the elderly. In all cases, we find a dual structure where traditional values and modern practices coexist. Based on a dual perspective that incorporates modern Western capitalism into Japan's traditional agrarian society, this book reveals a complex of cultural assumptions that determines the manners and customs of the Japanese people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 306.095 |
| LCCN: 95023224 |
| Lexile Measure: 1520 |
| Series: 164 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.45" W x 9.6" (1.10 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Ethnic Orientation - Japanese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Modern-day Japan has proven to be a complex nation struggling to combine traditional attitudes with the political and social demands of an advanced industrialized economy. This struggle to balance the past with the present has had a significant impact on the structure of human relations in contemporary Japan, particularly in the areas of the family and family dynamics, lifestyles, the education of children, the socialization of youth, women in the workplace, and the elderly. In all cases, we find a dual structure where traditional values and modern practices coexist. Based on a dual perspective that incorporates modern Western capitalism into Japan's traditional agrarian society, this book reveals a complex of cultural assumptions that determine the manners and customs of the Japanese people. |