03169nam 2200637 a 450 991046497150332120200520144314.01-282-08897-1978661208897190-04-21305-810.1163/ej.9781905246861.i-252(CKB)3390000000015173(EBL)772003(OCoLC)753480463(SSID)ssj0000301895(PQKBManifestationID)12090544(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301895(PQKBWorkID)10266238(PQKB)11748777(MiAaPQ)EBC772003(OCoLC)227984694(OCoLC)227911304(nllekb)BRILL9789004213050(PPN)174396929(Au-PeEL)EBL772003(CaPaEBR)ebr10497336(CaONFJC)MIL208897(EXLCZ)99339000000001517320111031d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiving Japan[electronic resource] essays on everyday life in contemporary society /edited by Harumi Kimura ; translated by Haruko Miyazaki, Yuriko Takahashi and othersFolkestone, Kent, U.K. Global Oriental20091 online resource (266 p.)Brill eBook titles 2010Includes index.1-905246-86-2 pt. 1. At the foot of Mount Fuji -- pt. 2. New Year's cards -- pt. 3. Please answer in Japanese -- pt. 4. Call me mummy -- pt. 5. As if I were in paradise -- pt. 6. Those days in Britain -- pt. 7. From the kitchen window -- pt. 8. Living alone rehearsal.This volume forms a unique and remarkable enterprise in the context of contemporary Japanese literature, social studies and the nature of Japanese society. It comprises 70 essays by private individuals living in Japan today (members of a writing club) who have chosen a subject to write about with a view to projecting a genuine insight into the events, issues and aspirations that make them who they are – from life in a condominium to dealing with in-laws, early retirement and life after children. Edited and introduced by the distinguished best-selling author Harumi Kimura (winner of the Ohya non-fiction prize for her book ‘Letters from Twilight London’), the book’s objective is to make ‘Japan’more accessible to the nonspecialist general reader and provide a counter-balance to Western media images and reporting as well as conventional academic theory and observation about modern Japanese society. By definition, it also offers an invaluable primary source for scholarly reference.JapanCivilization21st centuryJapanSocial life and customs21st centuryElectronic books.306.0952952Kimura Harumi847747Miyazaki Haruko903904Takahashi Yuriko903905MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464971503321Living Japan2020569UNINA