Buraku & “Multicultural Japan”
A review of Working through Skin: Making Leather, Making a Multicultural Japan. By JOSEPH DOYLE HANKINS. Joseph Hankins explores contemporary Buraku efforts to achieve a…
Tag Archives: 2009 Dissertation
South Korea Beyond the Han Miracle
A Review of Beyond the Han Miracle: Soccer, Soap Operas, Stem Cells, and Sanitation, by YOON CHOI. Yoon Choi’s dissertation, Beyond the Han Miracle: Soccer,…
Japanese Nationalism & Sino-Japanese Relations
A Review of The China Problem in Postwar Japan: Japanese Nationalism and Sino-Japanese Relations, 1971-1980, by ROBERT JAMES HOPPENS. In this authoritative and wide-ranging dissertation,…
Shamanism & Divination in Contemporary Korea
A Review of Divining Capital: Spectral Returns and the Commodification of Fate in South Korea, by DAVID J. KIM. David J. Kim’s “Divining Capital” offers…
Japanese Children’s Magazines, 1888–1949
A Review of Tales for Tarō: A Study of Japanese Children’s Magazines, 1888–1949, by NONA L. CARTER. In Tales for Tarō: A Study of Japanese…
“Multiculturalism Explosion” in South Korea
A review of Immigration Challenges and “Multicultural” Responses: The State, the Dominant Ethnie and Immigrants in South Korea, by HUI-JUNG KIM. This dissertation broadly explores…
Culture of Disputes in Early Modern Japan
A review of The Culture of Disputes in Early Modern Japan, 1550-1700, by DAVID ANTHONY EASON. In his original and profusely documented dissertation, David Eason fundamentally…
Samgha-State Relations in Tenth-Century China
A review of Buddhist Empires: Saṃgha-State Relations in Tenth-Century China, by BENJAMIN BROSE. Benjamin Brose’s dissertation is path-breaking in producing a history of Buddhism during the pivotal…
Fascism & Revolution in 1930s China
A review of Fascism, Cultural Revolution, and National Sovereignty in 1930s China, by MARGARET CLINTON. Margaret Clinton provides in-depth analysis of Chinese fascism’s intellectual content through…
Organizing Shanghai’s Youth, 1920-1942
A review of Organizing Shanghai’s Youth: Communist, Nationalist, and Collaborationist Strategies, 1920-1942, by KRISTIN MULREADY-STONE. Kristin Mulready-Stone’s dissertation documents the organization and activities of party-affiliated youth…