Books I found in the library for my final project

Fu, Charles Wei-hsun., and Steven Heine. Japan in Traditional and Postmodern Perspectives. Albany:   State University of New York, 1995. Print.


Pg 121, "Modern Japanese cinema may be said to hold up a mirror that reflects an intermingling of element from Japanese society past and present."


Berlitz, ed. Berlitz Country Guide,. Berlitz ed. Switzerland, 1986. Print.
Pg. 10, " Kimono, the traditional Japanese costume for both men and women."

Pg. 11 "Today, office and apartment buildings are of course constructed with modern materials, but the ideal home, despite the prevailing obsession with electronic gadgetry and all the latest technology, is still the traditional, simple and oh-so-elegant house of wooden walls and paper sliding partitions, air conditioned perhaps, but all as nicely combustible as ever.

Pg. 18 "Pit-dwellers live from hunting, fishing and gathering of roots and nuts- Jomon culture, c. 10,000-250 B.C.
 
Lebra, Takie Sugiyama, and William P. Lebra. Japanese Culture and Behavior: Selected Readings. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1974. Print.
 
Pg. 37 "In the 10 years since Japan regained full sovereignty in 1952, the country has been subject to many political and social upheavals, and this period was preceded by the American Occupation, which was a massive effort to bring about cultural change."
 
Pg. 90 "Western culture as it was visibly represented and imposed by the Occupation Forces.  This change amounted to a total reversal of the old system in many respects.  The traditional emphasis upon group solidarity was replaced by the sacredness of individuality; discipline, endurance, and conformity were supplanted by freedom, spontaneity and variety."
 
Pg 127 "A Japanese woman, failure to be a dutiful bride reflects on her parents upbringing of her, and therefore any discord with her new family, even with an unreasonable mother-in-law, injures the reputation of her parents."