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Japan Street, Modern, Pop Culture Books
Japanese Society - Amazon Japan |
An
Introduction to Japanese Society
Yoshio Sugimoto contests the notion that Japanese society comprises
an extremely uniform culture, drawing attention to the subcultural diversity
and class competition that exists within it. The books accessibility
and coverage of a broad range of issues, such as education, cultural
diversity, power relations, politics and gender and family, makes it
essential not only for students of Japan worldwide, but also for professional
and lay people seeking a general introduction.
Books Description: Lively, idiosyncratic survey of Japanese film, music, animation, and comics showcases the experiences of avid American fans including: journalist Carl Gustav Horn, who writes about anime; critic and musician Mason Jones, who releases Japanese alternative music on his Charnel Music record label; Patrick Macias, a writer on Asian film for the San Francisco Bay Guardian; and Yuji Oniki, a student of Japanese mass media.
If you ever wondered where the catwalk got its claws, then the portraits gathered in photographer Shoichi Aoki's book Fruits, from the streets of Harajuku in Tokyo, point the way to an extraordinarily imaginative and invariably stunning glut of mongrel fashion heists.
Synopsis: The decades of Western adulation for the Japanese "economic miracle" failed to notice a key point - that in pursuit of this miracle, the Japanese had turned their country into a concrete shambles. This book describes the dazzling nature of Japanese culture and its ruination.
Books description: Journalist Greenfeld exposes elements of Japanese culture that most Westerners never knew existed - the gangsters who control Japan's drug trade, a lucrative porn industry, and more. Greenfeld uncovers a Japan out of kilter with the orderly society of popular conception, and teaches how Japan's once miraculous economy has given rise to a predatory subculture.
Sony and Nissan have become household names, and Japanese animated cartoons have packs of British fans, but there are many other aspects to Japan's vigorous pop culture. In 70 informative entries, the author covers the years from 1945 to the present, pulling together film, cartoons, every genre of pop music, comedians, matinee idols, sumo wrestlers, gourmet fads, best sellers, baseball stars, quiz shows, discos, song contests and more.
Innovative travel writing by award-winning writer Stephen Barber as he guides the reader through the ultimate futuristic city: Tokyo. A cinematic portrayal of the city emerges, from close-up portraits of individual citizens to panoramic descriptions of its vast avenues and immense digital image screens, Tokyo Vertigo is visceral, exhilarating travel writing.
Synopsis: This is a collection of over 250 photographs which capture the variety and intensity of the Tokyo metropolis. The photographs depict all aspects of Tokyo's urban existence, from the dawn tranquility of the sleeping homeless, to the vibrant nightlife of the Roppongi district.
This guide to the music of Japan showcases the huge variety of Japanese traditional and roots music. Many of the musicians in these excellently chosen tracks are passing on folk styles they learned from their grandparents and the dominant instrument is the sanshin, a three-stringed banjo with a snakeskin soundbox and a much more intimate sound than the shamisen, which is its bigger mainland counterpart.
An excellent selection and blending of both modern and traditional musical influences and styles compiled with warmth, knowledge, humour and a sincere love of Japanese music by Paul Fisher, who also wrote the insightful sleeve notes.
This flexi map for Tokyo contains five maps including Central Tokyo, Tokyo Bay, Tokyo Environs, Tokyo Metro and a locator map of the whole region.
