United States: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2016. 76 colour photos, paperback. "Maido (my-dough, not to be confused with that childhood favourite, Play-Doh) describes the most common Japanese gestures and defines their meanings and the cultural contexts that surround them. Japanese gestures are a world of their own, much the way the..... More
Clayton. Monash Asia Institute. 2000. 235pp, index, paperback. Volume II of Papers of the 10th Biennial Conference of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia. Includes: "Schizophrenia, Psychiatrists and Shamanism in Okinawa" - Matthew Allen; "The Ambiguity of Existence in Modern Japan: Ethnicity, Identity and Nationality of Okinawans" - Ikuyo Takayama;..... More
Melbourne. Trans Pacific Press. 2004. xii + 200pp, appendices, reference, index, paperback. "Based on fieldwork spanning two decades, this book presents a rare longitudinal study of deviance and crime among youths in Kanagawa-ken, with a focus upon two groups of young people - a working class group and a middle-class..... More
