Spring 2019 New Titles

Gives critical attention to the issue of Japan’s low level of gender equality and the conflicting information from surveys of women reporting a high sense of well-being

Examines the contributions of three powerful Meiji women and how their own education and ideas about Japanese women’s potential shaped how females were to participate in modern society

A rigorously historical investigation into the ongoing issues in Japan-Korea relations and how and why both governments have acted—and not acted—to address them

Foremost scholars of 1980s Korea revisit the current perspectives on this pivotal period, expanding the horizons of Korean cultural studies by reassessing old conventions and adding new narratives

A lucid narration of post-financial crisis urbanism in Seoul and the vivid experiences of living through the city in transition

Reveals how and why Brontë’s novel won a huge following in Japan and has been re-imagined by writers and manga artists

Diaspora-affiliated firms that invest in the homeland are more successful than other foreign firms, but are equally socially irresponsible.