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Author Grinshpun, Helena, author.

Title Global coffee and cultural change in modern Japan / Helena Grinshpun
Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 157 pages) : illustrations
Series Japan anthropology workshop series
Japan anthropology workshop series.
Summary This book explores the impact in Japan of the rise of global coffee chains and the associated coffee culture. Based on extensive original research, the book discusses the cultural context of Japan, where tea-drinking has been culturally important, reports on the emergence of the new coffee shop consumer experience, and reflects on the link between consumption and identity, on cultural fantasies about modern, Western, or global lifestyles, on the effects of global standardization, and on much more
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Helena Grinshpun is a Lecturer in the Department of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 01, 2020)
Subject Chain coffeehouses -- Social aspects -- Japan
Coffee -- Social aspects -- Japan
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Research.
Coffee -- Social aspects
Civilization -- Western influences
Manners and customs
SUBJECT Japan -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069579
Japan -- Civilization -- Western influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069390
Subject Japan
Form Electronic book
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