Pop culture and the everyday in Japan : sociological perspectives / edited by Katsuya Minamida and Izumi Tsuji ; translated by Leonie R. Stickland.

Other author Minamida, Katsuya, 1967- editor.
Other author Tsuji, Izumi, 1976- editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoMelbourne : Trans Pacific Press, 2012.
Descriptionxxii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleBunka shakaigaku no shiza. English.
SeriesJapanese society series, 1443-9670
Japanese society series. ^A588607
Contents Preface : what is the appeal of the sociology of culture? / Katsuya Minamida and Izumi Tsuji -- Introduction : the scope of the sociology of culture / Katsuya Minamida and Izumi Tsuji -- Perspectives on media-and-group culture : from an empirical/critical approach to a multi-method approach / Izumi Tsuji -- Perspectives on expressive culture : what do cultural works give people, and how do they link people together? / Katsuya Minamida -- Perspectives on the culture of generations and life-phases : the quantitative approach and qualitative approach / Daisuke Tsuji -- Why do people become addicted to mobile phones? : the sociology of email communication / Kensuke Suzuki -- How has the style of television viewing changed? : the active receiver and the transformation of the subversive riposte / Keiichi Nabe -- Where is differentiated communication heading? : through analysis of the readers' column in the fashion magazine, CUTiE / Sōichirō Matsutani -- Why make e-moe-tional attachments to fictional characters? : the cultural sociology of the post-modern / Yoshimasa Kijima -- Why do people gather at rock festivals? : communication mediated by music / Junʼichi Nagai -- What are contemporary aspects of the parent/child relationship? : mother/daughter friendship and its social context / Yasuko Nakanishi -- Is 'poverty' or 'affluence' the reality? : towards consideration of 'living in the regions' / Hisashi Fujii -- What is at question in youth labour issues?: the two phases of specialisation, 'manual-based' and 'qualified' / Masahiro Abe -- What does it mean to be a 'Japanese'?: the current state of 'national identity' in Japan, based on ISSP 2003 / Sunsuke Tanabe.
General noteOriginally published: Bunka shakaigaku no shiza. Kyoto, Japan : Minerva Shobo, 2008.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 282-295) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the Japanese.
LCCN 2012470329
ISBN9781920901455
ISBN1920901450

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