Re-Made in Japan Everyday Life and Consumer Taste in a Changing Society

Name: Re-Made in Japan Everyday Life and Consumer Taste in a Changing Society
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ISBN: 9780300060829

ISBN-10: 0300060823

ISBN-13: 9780300060829

Edition: N/A

Authors: Joseph J. Tobin

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Book details

List price: $31.00
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/28/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.93" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Joseph Tobin is professor of early childhood education at the University of Georgia and the author of several books, including Preschool in Three Cultures Revisited, also published by the University of Chicago Press.



Acknowledgments


Note on Names



Introduction: Domesticating the West




The Depato: Merchandising the West while Selling Japaneseness




"For Beautiful Human Life": The Use of English in Japan




Tractors, Television, and Telephones: Reach Out and Touch Someone in Rural Japan




The Japanese Bath: Extraordinarily Ordinary




Images of the West: Home Style in Japanese Magazines




Alienation and Reconnection in a Home for the Elderly




Drinking Etiquette in a Changing Beverage Market




A Japanese-French Restaurant in Hawai'i




The Aesthetics and Politics of Japanese Identity in the Fashion Industry




Shopping for Souvenirs in Hawai'i




"Bwana Mickey": Constructing Cultural Consumption at Tokyo Disneyland




Tango in Japan and the World Economy of Passion



List of Contributors


Index