‘America’ Meets ‘Japan’: A Journey for Real between Two Imaginaries

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 153-178

  Raz, Jacob ^a   Raz, Aviad E ^a  

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EID: 21344460211     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026327696013003008     Document Type: Article

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