Stephanie Assmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 379683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephanie Assmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephanie |
| FAMILY NAME | Assmann |
| SIGNATURE | ASSMANN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hyogo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1286-9152 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Japanese restaurant: Tasting the new exotic in Australia
Rethinking Locality in Japan
Journal Article Rethinking Locality in Japan Get access Rethinking Locality in Japanedited by Sonja Ganseforth and Hanno JentzschLondon and New York: Routledge, 2021, 306 pp., £34.99 paper (ISBN 9780367469481) Stephanie Assmann Stephanie Assmann University of Hyogo [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Science Japan Journal, jyad015, https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyad015 …
Global Coffee and Cultural Change in Modern Japan
The first scene of this book takes the reader to a Starbucks outlet in close proximity to Rokkakudō, one of the oldest temples in Kyoto, which is reflected in the windows of the coffee chain store. The contrast between ancient Buddhist tradition and modern consumption could not be greater. This is discussed by the author with a great sense of intuition and perception: ‘Gazing on this scene, we can either lament the loss of elegance and spirituali…
Japan Beyond the Kimono: Innovation and Tradition in the Kyoto Textile Industry
Everyone who has ever worn a kimono knows how difficult it is to perform simple tasks such as riding a bicycle. However, the ability to ride a bicycle in a kimono depends on one’s notion of convention. If kimono wearers strictly adhere to protocol, small steps are necessary to walk in a kimono, and it is even impossible and deemed inappropriate to ride a bicycle. If kimono wearers, however, redefine conventional rules, the garment becomes wearabl…
Genpatsu Jiko to ‘Shoku’: Shijō, Komyunikēshon, Sabetsu (The Nuclear Disaster and ‘Food’. The Market, Communication, Discrimination)
On 11 March 2021, Japan marked the tenth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The solemn commemoration of this event is a timely occasion to discuss the book Genpatsu jiko to ‘shoku’: Shijō, komyunikeeshon, sabetsu, published in 2018 by Igarashi Yasumasa. Igarashi, a sociologist, was born in Kashiwashi, a suburban town located in Chiba prefecture 30 minutes from the centre of Tokyo and well known as an agricultural site for the cultiva…
Food Safety After Fukushima: Scientific Citizenship and the Politics of Risk
The triple disaster of 11 March 2011 not only confronted people living in Japan with the unpredictable risks of nuclear power but also profoundly transformed social relations. Food emerged as a sensitive area of concern as consumers—in particular mothers of young children—continued to search for safe food, while farmers from the affected disaster regions struggled to maintain their livelihoods despite severe economic loss and stigmatization. The …
Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan: A Transdisciplinary Perspective
This multidisciplinary book analyses the contradictory coexistence of consumerism and environmentalism in contemporary Japan. It focuses on the dilemma that the diffusion of the concepts of sustainability and recycling has posed for everyday consumption practices, and on how these concepts have affected, and were affected by, the production and consumption of art. Special attention is paid to the changes in consumption practices and environmental…
Culinary Politics in Japan: The Shokuiku Campaign
In 2005, the Basic Law of Food Education (shokuiku kihon-hō) was enacted in Japan in response to a rise of lifestyle-related conditions and a high dependency on food imports. The enactment of this law was followed by a nationwide food education campaign—referred to as the shokuiku campaign—in collaboration with the ministerial bureaucracy and a number of food-related NGOs. In this article I assess how the Japanese state has revived the historical…
Gender Equality in Japan: The Equal Employment Opportunity Law Revisited
In 2010, Rina Bovrisse, then a 36-year old senior retail manager of Prada Japan, lost her job at the Italian fashion company after she accused the company of harassment and discrimination based on age and physical appearance. After a two-year trial in the Tokyo District Court which ended in October 2012, she also lost her claim to financial compensation of 58 million yen on the grounds of sexual harassment (Asien Spiegel, 2013). Bovrisse, who was…
Reassessing Food Safety, Risk and Globalization in China and Japan: An Overview of Emerging Research Trends
In recent years, the number of food safety incidents in East Asia has led to increased concerns about threats to food safety in the region. Indeed, following the 2008 melamine scandal in China and the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in Japan, these concerns are now at unprecedented levels. This article presents an overview of research in social and cultural anthropology, sociology and area studies on food safety and food sovereignty…
Making Tea, Making Japan. Cultural Nationalism in Practice
Making Tea, Making Japan. Cultural Nationalism in Practice." Social History, 38(4), pp. 543–544
Years After the Enactment of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law (Eeol): Online Access to Gender Equality in Japan
Food Education in Japan: A Review of the Online Representation of the Shokuiku Campaign
Digital Government” in Japan: A Selective Survey of Japanese Ministry Web Sites
Dispatched and Displaced: Rethinking Employment and Welfare Protection in Japan
The Hibiya Tent Village set up during New Year 2008/09 where 500 temporary workers gathered to seek food and shelter after their sudden job losses revealed the gradual process of deregulation of Japan's labor market that has taken place since the Koizumi administration and culminated in the revision of the Labor Dispatch Law in 2004. The work of the political scientist Margarita Estévez-Abe which describes the evolution of an employment-based wel…
Between Tradition and Innovation: The Reinvention of the Kimono in Japanese Consumer Culture
The kimono plays a marginalized role in contemporary society, but continues to be worn on festive occasions. In this article I explore the role of the kimono from several angles. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews with members of two organizations, I examine two diametrically opposed approaches towards the kimono in order to provide an insight on how differently it is being reinvented in Japanese society.I will identify four…
Between Tradition and Innovation: The Reinvention of the Kimono in Japanese Consumer Culture
The kimono plays a marginalized role in contemporary society, but continues to be worn on festive occasions. In this article I explore the role of the kimono from several angles. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews with members of two organizations, I examine two diametrically opposed approaches towards the kimono in order to provide an insight on how differently it is being reinvented in Japanese society.I will identify four…
Reassessing Food Safety, Risk and Globalization in China and Japan: An Overview of Emerging Research Trends
In recent years, the number of food safety incidents in East Asia has led to increased concerns about threats to food safety in the region. Indeed, following the 2008 melamine scandal in China and the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in Japan, these concerns are now at unprecedented levels. This article presents an overview of research in social and cultural anthropology, sociology and area studies on food safety and food sovereignty…
Dispatched and Displaced: Rethinking Employment and Welfare Protection in Japan
The Hibiya Tent Village set up during New Year 2008/09 where 500 temporary workers gathered to seek food and shelter after their sudden job losses revealed the gradual process of deregulation of Japan's labor market that has taken place since the Koizumi administration and culminated in the revision of the Labor Dispatch Law in 2004. The work of the political scientist Margarita Estévez-Abe which describes the evolution of an employment-based wel…
Between Tradition and Innovation: The Reinvention of the Kimono in Japanese Consumer Culture
The kimono plays a marginalized role in contemporary society, but continues to be worn on festive occasions. In this article I explore the role of the kimono from several angles. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews with members of two organizations, I examine two diametrically opposed approaches towards the kimono in order to provide an insight on how differently it is being reinvented in Japanese society.I will identify four…
Digital Government” in Japan: A Selective Survey of Japanese Ministry Web Sites
Dispatched and Displaced: Rethinking Employment and Welfare Protection in Japan
The Hibiya Tent Village set up during New Year 2008/09 where 500 temporary workers gathered to seek food and shelter after their sudden job losses revealed the gradual process of deregulation of Japan's labor market that has taken place since the Koizumi administration and culminated in the revision of the Labor Dispatch Law in 2004. The work of the political scientist Margarita Estévez-Abe which describes the evolution of an employment-based wel…
Food Education in Japan: A Review of the Online Representation of the Shokuiku Campaign
Years After the Enactment of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law (Eeol): Online Access to Gender Equality in Japan
Reassessing Food Safety, Risk and Globalization in China and Japan: An Overview of Emerging Research Trends
In recent years, the number of food safety incidents in East Asia has led to increased concerns about threats to food safety in the region. Indeed, following the 2008 melamine scandal in China and the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant accident in Japan, these concerns are now at unprecedented levels. This article presents an overview of research in social and cultural anthropology, sociology and area studies on food safety and food sovereignty…
Making Tea, Making Japan. Cultural Nationalism in Practice
Making Tea, Making Japan. Cultural Nationalism in Practice." Social History, 38(4), pp. 543–544
Gender Equality in Japan: The Equal Employment Opportunity Law Revisited
In 2010, Rina Bovrisse, then a 36-year old senior retail manager of Prada Japan, lost her job at the Italian fashion company after she accused the company of harassment and discrimination based on age and physical appearance. After a two-year trial in the Tokyo District Court which ended in October 2012, she also lost her claim to financial compensation of 58 million yen on the grounds of sexual harassment (Asien Spiegel, 2013). Bovrisse, who was…
Culinary Politics in Japan: The Shokuiku Campaign
In 2005, the Basic Law of Food Education (shokuiku kihon-hō) was enacted in Japan in response to a rise of lifestyle-related conditions and a high dependency on food imports. The enactment of this law was followed by a nationwide food education campaign—referred to as the shokuiku campaign—in collaboration with the ministerial bureaucracy and a number of food-related NGOs. In this article I assess how the Japanese state has revived the historical…
Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan: A Transdisciplinary Perspective
This multidisciplinary book analyses the contradictory coexistence of consumerism and environmentalism in contemporary Japan. It focuses on the dilemma that the diffusion of the concepts of sustainability and recycling has posed for everyday consumption practices, and on how these concepts have affected, and were affected by, the production and consumption of art. Special attention is paid to the changes in consumption practices and environmental…
Food Safety After Fukushima: Scientific Citizenship and the Politics of Risk
The triple disaster of 11 March 2011 not only confronted people living in Japan with the unpredictable risks of nuclear power but also profoundly transformed social relations. Food emerged as a sensitive area of concern as consumers—in particular mothers of young children—continued to search for safe food, while farmers from the affected disaster regions struggled to maintain their livelihoods despite severe economic loss and stigmatization. The …
Global Coffee and Cultural Change in Modern Japan
The first scene of this book takes the reader to a Starbucks outlet in close proximity to Rokkakudō, one of the oldest temples in Kyoto, which is reflected in the windows of the coffee chain store. The contrast between ancient Buddhist tradition and modern consumption could not be greater. This is discussed by the author with a great sense of intuition and perception: ‘Gazing on this scene, we can either lament the loss of elegance and spirituali…
Japan Beyond the Kimono: Innovation and Tradition in the Kyoto Textile Industry
Everyone who has ever worn a kimono knows how difficult it is to perform simple tasks such as riding a bicycle. However, the ability to ride a bicycle in a kimono depends on one’s notion of convention. If kimono wearers strictly adhere to protocol, small steps are necessary to walk in a kimono, and it is even impossible and deemed inappropriate to ride a bicycle. If kimono wearers, however, redefine conventional rules, the garment becomes wearabl…
Genpatsu Jiko to ‘Shoku’: Shijō, Komyunikēshon, Sabetsu (The Nuclear Disaster and ‘Food’. The Market, Communication, Discrimination)
On 11 March 2021, Japan marked the tenth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The solemn commemoration of this event is a timely occasion to discuss the book Genpatsu jiko to ‘shoku’: Shijō, komyunikeeshon, sabetsu, published in 2018 by Igarashi Yasumasa. Igarashi, a sociologist, was born in Kashiwashi, a suburban town located in Chiba prefecture 30 minutes from the centre of Tokyo and well known as an agricultural site for the cultiva…
Rethinking Locality in Japan
Journal Article Rethinking Locality in Japan Get access Rethinking Locality in Japanedited by Sonja Ganseforth and Hanno JentzschLondon and New York: Routledge, 2021, 306 pp., £34.99 paper (ISBN 9780367469481) Stephanie Assmann Stephanie Assmann University of Hyogo [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Social Science Japan Journal, jyad015, https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyad015 …
The Japanese restaurant: Tasting the new exotic in Australia
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