Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations

Presents a study of Okinawan fiction, from it's emergence in the early twentieth-century onwards. This title offers perspectives on subaltern identity, colonialism, and post-colonialism, and the nature of 'regional', 'minority', and 'minor' literatures. It also provides an introduction to the major works of Okinawan literature.

Analyzes one of the important cases of developmental change in the 20th century, namely, Kerala in southern India, and addresses the question of whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use representative democracy to create better life chances. This book takes a historical view of Kerala and compares it with the state of West Bengal.

Presenting case study material, this book examines the labour issues surrounding the workplace in China, during a tumultuous time in the country's history. It also reassesses the significance of labour process theory in the context of the Chinese workplace.

Incorporating Japanese language materials and field-based research, this compelling collection of essays takes a comparative look at the changing notions of gender and sexual diversity in Japan.

Looks at the close relationship between state-led nationalism and modernisation, with specific reference to discourses on the overseas Chinese and minority nationalities. This book offers fresh perspectives on the changing boundaries of the Chinese nation.

Transcultural Japan provides a critical examination of mixed and pure, of becoming and being Other in Japan, of the multiple intersections of identities (cultural, class, gender, race, ethnicity, etc.) and the narratives and conversations about these identities.

Looks at Japanese popular culture as it traverses international borders flowing out through such forms as manga consumption in New Zealand and flowing in through such forms as foreigners writing about Japan in Japanese and how American influences affected the formation of Japan's gay identity.

Bringing together contributions from leading academics, this topical book looks at the impact of the government's strict control over planning and population growth on the family, the wider society and the country's demography.

Explores the history, structure and operations of the World Bank, which despite the largest development organisation and the largest development research body in the world with tremendous direct and indirect influence on developing economies, has rarely received the critical attention its importance merits.

Reflecting on Singapore's policy of meritocratic multiracialism and the communalist state of Malay, this book examines the way by which these policies, coupled with historical animosities, competitive economic tensions and janus-faced foreign economic policy orientation have contributed to Singapore's mercurial relations with Malaysia.

Relocates Chinese independent movie making from a film to a visual culture perspective enabling the author to explore the role that other movies (mostly, but not exclusively, popular culture products) play in the making of experimental and non-mainstream visual culture.

Promoting an interdisciplinary examination of Indonesia, this volume goes beyond a mere political and legal approach to reconciliation. It offers new understandings of bottom-up reconciliation approaches and the cultural dimension of reconciliation.

Examines the relationship of overseas Japanese and their descendents (Nikkei) with their home and host nations, focusing on the political, social, and economic struggles of Nikkei. This book is of interest to scholars of diaspora studies and Japanese studies.

Presents a case-based analysis of media panoply in (and out of) Asia. This book demonstrates the multiple links between media, society and culture, and advance the claim that media is the key means through which Asians experience, understand, effect and are affected by the worlds containing them.

Considers the Aland islands settlement in northern Europe as a resolution model for the major Asia-Pacific regional conflicts that derived from the post-World War II disposition of Japan. This study focuses on the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia, the Northern Territories/Southern Kuriles problem.

Shedding new light on the manifestations of difference in Japan from a diverse range of authors and perspectives, this extraordinary book is a study of those persons who are very much part of Japanese society today, but whose voices have long been neglected, silenced or oppressed.

Providing insights into this Southeast Asian city, this book interprets Vientiane's landscape, as a reflection of key aspects of Lao geo-political history, the nature of Lao urbanism, and its critical relation to constructions of Lao identity in the contemporary period.

Brings together scholars in the fields of education, sociology, demography, and economics to investigate the evolution of educational access and attainment, educational quality, and the economic consequences of being educated. This book shows that economic advancement is increasingly tied to education in China.

Gives an overview of contemporary Lao culture and society, whilst linking local and national phenomena to tendencies of globalization and the history of the region. This book introduces a theoretical approach based on the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu. It examines various aspects of Lao culture and society including economics, politics, and others.

Explores the 'Japanessness' of Japanese popular culture by focusing on the intersection of globalization and popular cultural products associated with Japan. This book is useful for for those working in Japanese studies, cultural studies, and international relations.

Examining the imperialist phenomenon from a wide-ranging perspective, this work reveals imperialism as driven by rivalry; and facilitates comparison: imperialism has elements in common, yet differs according to the territory in which it operates. It analyses attempts to re-establish control after the overthrow of imperial regimes in World War II.

This volume provides the most expert, up-to-date and multidisciplinary analyses on how the contemporary media function in what has rapidly become the world's biggest market.

Hong Kong has undergone considerable changes since postcolonial independence. Covering topics such as immigration, race, gender, homosexuality, the law and resistance, this book examines how the former British colony is evolving as an autonomous region of China.

Hong Kong has been undergoing considerable changes since its postcolonial independence. The authors provide a detailed comparative account of the development of citizenship and civil society in Hong Kong from its time as a British colony to its current status as a special autonomous region of China.

Koreans in Japan are a barely known minority, not only in the West but also within Japan itself. This pioneering study analyses these relations in the context of the particular conditions and constraints that Koreans face in Japanese society. The contributors cover a wide range of topics, including: the legal and social status of Koreans in Japan; the history of Korean colonial displacement and postcolonial division during the Cold War; ethnic education; and women's self-expression. These studies serve to reveal the highly resilient and diverse reality of this minority group, whilst simultaneously highlighting the fact that - despite recent improvement - legal, social and economic constraints continue to exist in their lives.

This volume examines the relations between popular culture production and export and the state in East and Southeast Asia including the urban centres and middle-classes of Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Focusing on the culture of piracy in the Indian capital, this book looks at what has happened to the city in the wake of the dissemination of the new media and the ways in which it has, and will, affect urban cultures in an age of globalization.