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Reproduction of mothering in East Asia : a qualitative study of Japanese and South Korean mothers
(2019-02-13)
The issues of motherhood and mothering remain one of the biggest factors influencing the gendered organisation of modern East Asian societies. Women are encouraged through different societal agents into becoming the main ...
Animal Lovers, Bridge-Builders, and Supervising Watchdogs: Framing and Civil Society Construction by Japanese Pro-Animal Organizations in the Kansai and Tokyo Areas
(Turun yliopisto, 2012-02-27)
Unlike their counterparts in Europe and America, the citizen organizations acting for
the well-being of animals in Japan have not received scholarly attention. In this
research, I explore the activities of twelve Japanese ...
Dependent Autonomy : A Study of Chinese Environmental Social Organisation's Operational Autonomy
(2018-09-12)
Whether Chinese social organisations have autonomy has been much debated topic from the beginning of 90s. The Western scholars have mainly argued from two opposing viewpoints. Civil society approach has emphasised civil ...
Mythology Marches to Modernity : Yōkai in Contemporary Japan
(2018-10-02)
Yōkai are a class of Japanese folklore creatures that have crept to the fame of Japanese popular culture. Their past and cultural relevance has been researched intensively, but little is studied of their place in contemporary ...