Exploring Japaneseness: On Japanese Enactments of Culture and Consciousness

by Ray T. Donahue

Today, the Japanese nation faces an identity crisis as it attempts to contend with the misfortunes endured in the 1990s: a downward economic spiral, a renewed crime wave, political corruption, and the failure of the government to take bold, new steps in response. Exploring Japaneseness, a collection of new essays from many of the leading scholars and researchers in Japanese studies, including specialists in communication, linguistics, anthropology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567505414
• ISBN13: 9781567505412
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"