ｙｏｋｏ - Social & Cultural Studies 1

Waveform celebrates the role of women essayists in contemporary literature. Historically, women have been instrumental in moving the essay to center stage, and Waveform continues this rich tradition……続きを見る

Modern social movements frequently serve as a space to voice concerns in a supportive and collective context and thus are an important venue for individuals to learn how to speak up for themselves. ……続きを見る

Trois dimensions d’une actualité conflictuelle brûlante pour ce numéro de Politique étrangère. Deux ans après l’agression russe, la guerre d’Ukraine semble peut-être, sur le terrain, dans une impass……続きを見る

Universitas: Why Higher Education Must Be International intervenes with urgency in the debate on the virtues, and pitfalls of internationalizing higher education. It unites voices of academics from ……続きを見る

Trans-Pacific Japanese American Studies is a unique collection of essays derived from a series of dialogues held in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Los Angeles on the issues of racializations, gender, communities……続きを見る

This book examines audiovisual translation (AVT) practices that fall outside conventional AVT norms, drawing on work from relevance theory to highlight alternative perspectives and make the case for……続きを見る

Si vous aimez le gâteau au chocolat, pouvez-vous décrire son goût ? Si vous n'aimez pas les courgettes, pouvez-vous expliquer pourquoi ? Quelle est la couleur des aliments qui vous attirent le plus ……続きを見る

If you had to evacuate from your building right now and were told you couldn't get back in for two weeks, would you know what to do to ensure your business continues to operate? Would your staff? Wo……続きを見る

Afrique : un sentiment antifrançais ? Depuis quelques années, plusieurs pays d’Afrique francophone sont le théâtre de protestations qui, sous diverses formes, expriment un désaveu croissant envers l……続きを見る

From Newton's prism spectroscopy to modern color science, the study of color has been rooted in the categorization of colors. Building upon this foundation, this book aims to explore the rich and va……続きを見る

This book focuses on the variety of strategies developed by women athletes in the Pacific Islands to claim contested sporting spaces – in particular, rugby union, soccer, beach volleyball, recreatio……続きを見る

Una novela fulgurante y llena de esperanza, ambientada en un Japón postapocalíptico tras una catástrofe ecológica. En el futuro inconcreto en el que está situada esta historia, Japón ya no existe de……続きを見る

They have taught me that no one is perfect and that nothing is finished and that everything is transient. “My Sister In Kyoto” He seemed to be irritated because I had found out his lie. He might hav……続きを見る

It rarely happened but when it happened there was nothing we could do about it. “The Headhunted” After he had finished paying the admission fee and completed our usual check-in procedure, he took of……続きを見る

This book challenges people in general and Christians in particular to understand that good governance is beyond doing good. It is an admonition on how humans are to govern themselves for the welfar……続きを見る

This book is the first to shed light on the recent opinion of taxpayers on tax and fiscal policy in Japan through an attitude questionnaire. It is said that Japanese taxpayers’ tax morale is high. H……続きを見る

99 percent of regular guests were those who had nothing to do with the major television networks or murder. “Hey There, Mr. Chaplin” Then there were sandwich men and cosplayers hanging around the ci……続きを見る

They were ordinary people, but also colorful people, regardless of age. “A Man and His Mother” Sometimes I accidentally got into a situation where I had no way of knowing what to do and how to get o……続きを見る

The relationship between alcohol consumption and liver cirrhosis has long been contested by doctors and medical professionals, creating numerous implications for the public reputation of alcohol in ……続きを見る

The phenomenon of bankonka – ‘postponement of marriage’ – is increasingly reported in contemporary Japanese media, clearly illustrating the changing patterns of modern lifestyles and attitudes towar……続きを見る

I was a receptionist at an unconventional hotel in the world’s busiest town. This hotel was categorized in Japan as the ‘Capsule Hotel’ and appeared in some of the best travel guidebooks in the worl……続きを見る

Una deliciosa y bellísima fábula moderna protagonizada por tres osos que nos hablan de temas muy humanos. Esta es la historia de tres generaciones, las de la abuela, la madre y el hijo. Es una histo……続きを見る

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. It overviews the poisoning which occurred in the 1950s and 1960s among the residents in Minamata who ate seafood contaminated with methylmercury d……続きを見る

The first collection of short stories by award-winning scriptwriter-poet turned fiction writer, Taeko Tomioka. In an objective style reminiscent of Japanese puppet theater, Taeko deconstructs the di……続きを見る

Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce. Un-documented and unregulated, this army of migrant workers constitu……続きを見る

The post-independence integration endeavor of the East African Community has been punctuated with challenges, culminating into the collapse of the 1967-1977 regional organization. The renaissance of……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Thema: Frieden und Konflikte, Sicherheit, Note: 1,0, Universität Siegen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Jeder kann mit ……続きを見る

Textiles play a decisive role in history: attire not only indicates status, gender, ethnicity, and religion but illustrates how such boundaries are continuously being negotiated, shifted, and recrea……続きを見る

Covering the period from before the emergence of the first political units through to the formation of the Japanese ritsuryo state in the 8th century, this book offers a ground-breaking scholarly di……続きを見る

This book is an edited volume that focuses on international norms and normative change in some of the key areas of sustainable human development. This is an important and timely topic since the inte……続きを見る