Deconstructing the staged and existential authentic of rurality in Japan

Idealised rural lifestyles depicted in Japanese produced TV dramas and movies contrast with the tightly-held traditions and hard work of the real, rural Japan. Furusato (old hometown), fureai (connectedness to each other), and shizen (nature) are concepts assumed lost in urbanisation, an urban-rural...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crowe-Delaney, Lesley
Format: Journal Article
Published: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70978