Multicultural Japan

Paleolithic to Postmodern

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Edited by Donald Denoon, Mark Hudson, Gavan McCormack and Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published March 2002, 336 pages, paper

ISBN 0521003628

New in paper (S02)

This book challenges the conventional view of Japanese society as being monocultural and homogenous. Unique for its historical breadth and interdisciplinary orientation, this study extends from the prehistoric phase to the present. It challenges the notion that Japan's monoculture is being challenged only because of internationalism, arguing that cultural diversity has always existed in Japan. It is a provocative discussion of identity politics around the question of "Japaneseness". The paperback edition has a new epilogue.