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1. Introduction : thinking about anthropology, disability and Japan -- 2. Disability in the Japanese context -- 3. Disability, language and meaning -- 4. Disability policy and law in modern Japan -- 5. Disability and the lifecycle -- 6. Caregiving and the family -- 7. Accessibility and the built environment in Japan -- 8. Conclusion.

1. Introduction / Joseph D. Hankins and Carolyn S. Stevens -- 2. Publics that scream, publics that slumber : sound and the tactics of publicity in the Buraku liberation movement / Joseph D. Hankins -- 3. Facing the nation : sound, fury, and public oratory among Japanese right-wing groups / Nathaniel M. Smith -- 4. The political affects of military aircraft noise in Okinawa / Rupert Cox -- 5. Distraction, noise, and ambient sounds in Tokyo / Lorraine Plourde -- 6. Sounding imaginative empathy : Chindon-ya's affective economies on the streets of Osaka / Marie Abe -- 7. The swinging phonograph in a hot teahouse : sound technology and the emergence of the jazz community in prewar Japan / Shuhei Hosokawa.

List of Sound Cues and Audio Blog Posts -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Text/Translations -- Introduction: Sounding out Japan -- Sonic Japan -- Sound as Control -- Sound in Embodied Practice -- Silence and Transformation -- Sonic Bloom -- Conclusion: Listening Well into the Future -- References cited -- index.

In the twenty-first century, the concept of internationalisation remains a crucial tool for understanding the dynamics of globalising processes. It draws attention to the dimensions of conscious action in inter- and trans-national phenomena, connecting globalisation with individuals' experience of everyday life. This book explores how internationalisation is imagined, discussed and operationalised in Japan and surrounding countries. The chapters focus on educational, leisure and cultural activities, fields which are often overlooked in favour of economic and political developments in the liter

Diva Nation explores the constructed nature of female iconicity in Japan. From ancient goddesses and queens to modern singers and writers, this edited volume critically reconsiders the female icon, tracing how she has been offered up for emulation, debate or censure. The research in this book culminates from curiosity over the insistent presence of Japanese female figures who have refused to sit quietly on the sidelines of history. The contributors move beyond archival portraits to consider historically and culturally informed diva imagery and diva lore. The diva is ripe for expansion, fantasy, eroticization, and playful reinvention, while simultaneously presenting a challenge to patriarchal culture. Diva Nation asks how the diva disrupts or bolsters ideas about nationhood, morality, and aesthetics

Celebrities and popular icons are increasingly ubiquitous figures of a 21st century postmodern world. Some, in death, blur age-old distinctions of sanctification and trespass on sacred ground long held exclusively by religious saints. An emerging continuum is transforming that sacred arena and raising a number of important issues, including the nature of the relationships between the worshipped and the worshipful and the types of institutions that sustain them. The Making of Saints: Contesting Sacred Ground investigates a number of religious leaders, healers, folk saints, and popular icons in