Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan: A Transdisciplinary Perspective

book: Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2018

Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan

A Transdisciplinary Perspective

Edited by: Katarzyna J. Cwiertka and Ewa Machotka

In the series Consumption and Sustainability in Asia

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048530021

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About this book

This multidisciplinary book analyses the contradictory coexistence of consumerism and environmentalism in contemporary Japan.

Author information

Katarzyna Cwiertka is chair of modern Japan studies at Leiden University. Ewa Machotka is associate professor of Japanese language and culture at Stockholm University.

Reviews

“A very adroit look at post-bubble Japan through its "social economics" and culture, from robots to garbage, fashion to food. I will use it with enthusiasm in graduate and undergraduate courses.”

— Merry White, Boston University

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
List of Figures and Tables Open Access Download PDF	9
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	11
Notes to the Reader Open Access Download PDF	13
Introduction Katarzyna J.Cwiertka and Ewa Machotka Open Access Download PDF	15
Post-Bubble Japanese Department Stores: The Need to Search for New Paradigms Hendrik Meyer-Ohle Open Access Download PDF	31
Consumption of Fast Fashion in Japan: Local Brands and Global Environment Stephanie Assmann Open Access Download PDF	49
Konbini-Nation: The Rise of the Convenience Store in Post-Industrial Japan Gavin H. Whitelaw Open Access Download PDF	69
Serving the Nation: The Myth of Washoku Katarzyna J. Cwiertka Open Access Download PDF	89
Consuming Domesticity in Post-Bubble Japan Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni Open Access Download PDF	107
The Metamorphosis of Excess: ‘Rubbish Houses’ and the Imagined Trajectory of Things in Post-Bubble Japan Fabio Gygi Open Access Download PDF	129
Robot Reincarnation: Rubbish, Artefacts, and Mortuary Rituals Jennifer Robertson Open Access Download PDF	153
Art and Consumption in Post-Bubble Japan: From Postmodern Irony to Shared Engagement Gunhild Borggreen Open Access Download PDF	175
The Fate of Landscape in Post-War Japanese Art and Visual Culture Hayashi Michio Open Access Download PDF	195
Consuming Eco-Art: Satoyama at the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2012 Ewa Machotka Open Access Download PDF	215
Artistic Recycling in Japan: Today A Curator’s Perspective Kasuya Akiko Open Access Download PDF	237
Notes on Contributors Open Access Download PDF	253
Index Open Access Download PDF	257

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 20
- Other: 20 halftones, 3 line drawings
Keywords: Japan; consumption; art; commodification; recycling

eBook

Published: February 14, 2018
ISBN: 9789048530021