Machine derived contents note: 1. Insecure Times: A COMPARABLE COUPLE FACE GLOBAL PRESSURES 1 -- Stephen Alomes -- 2. Reading the Currents: AUSTRALIAN AND JAPANESE RESPONSES TO -- NAVIGATING THE FLOWS OF GLOBALISATION 19 -- John Wiseman -- 3. Four Types of Encounters with Globalisation: JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA 27 -- Yoshio Sugimoto -- 4. Equality and Difference Feminism: A COMPARISON OF THE ATTITUDES -- OFYOUNG AUSTRALIANS AND JAPANESE 43 -- Chilla Bulbeck -- 5. Globalising Festivals of Consumerism? HALLOWEEN IN AUSTRALIA, -- FRANCE ANDJAPAN 61 -- Stephen Alomes -- 6. Globalising Sports: CULTURE AND RUGBY IMPORTS FROM OCEANIA -- IN JAPAN 79 -- Hajime Hirai -- 7. Global Flows and Resistance in Sport: THE J. LEAGUE ANDTHE -- STIMULATION OF LOCAL IDENTITY 91 -- Richard Light -- 8. Unfinished Decolonisation and Conflicts over Historical Memory 103 -- Yoichi Kibata -- 9. Historical Memory in Australia and Japan 115 -- Yang Biao -- 10. Difference or Diversity? 'DE-FRAMING'CULTURES IN A -- GLOBALISING W ORLD 125 -- Toshiko Ellis -- 1. Conclusion: PACIFIC COMPARISONS, GLOBAL FUTURES 139 -- Stephen Alomes
Summary
A major study of how Australia and Japan, two island nations, face the currents of globalisation. Fascinating chapters by distinguished students of Australia and Japan, and they explore the impact of globalisation