{"id":8919,"date":"2011-05-14T10:31:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T01:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8919"},"modified":"2011-05-15T09:50:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-15T00:50:39","slug":"weekend-tangent-sensationalist-u-of-sheffieldroutledge-academic-book-cover-japans-international-relations-pub-aug-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?p=8919","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Tangent:  Sensationalistic U of Sheffield\/Routledge academic book cover: &#8220;Japan&#8217;s International Relations&#8221; (pub Aug 2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8577\" style=\"width: 149px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/inappropriatecoverthumb150x226.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8577\" title=\"inappropriatecoverthumb150x226\" 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alt=\"Foreign Residents and Naturalized Citizens Association forming NGO\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/tshirts.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1701\" title=\"joshirtblack2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\\\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/joshirtblack2.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#japanese\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1700\" title=\"jobookcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/jobookcover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\u300c\u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\u3000\u5c0f\u6a3d\u5165\u6d74\u62d2\u5426\u554f\u984c\u3068\u4eba\u7a2e\u5dee\u5225\u300d\uff08\u660e\u77f3\u66f8\u5e97\uff09\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/japaneseonly.html#english\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1699\" title=\"japaneseonlyecover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/japaneseonlyecover-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"JAPANESE ONLY:  The Otaru Hot Springs Case and Racial Discrimination in Japan\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemabstruso.de\/strawberries\/main.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2735\" title=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/sourstrawberriesavatar.jpg\" alt=\"sourstrawberriesavatar\" width=\"75\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/?cat=32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4921\" title=\"debitopodcastthumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/debitopodcastthumb.jpg\" alt=\"debitopodcastthumb\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUPDATES ON TWITTER:  arudoudebito<br \/>\nDEBITO.ORG PODCASTS on iTunes, subscribe free<\/p>\n<p>Hi Blog. \u00a0Faculty members at the University of Sheffield, a venerable British institution for Japanese studies, have released their third edition of an academic book on Japan&#8217;s International Relations with a rather sensationalistic cover. \u00a0I forward the letter of complaint from friend Amanda Harlow (used with permission):<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>From:  Amanda Harlow<br \/>\nSubject: \tJapan&#8217;s International Relation book cover<br \/>\nDate: \tMay 13, 2011<br \/>\nTo: \th.dobson@shef.ac.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Professor Dobson,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I am writing to you to complain about the choice of cover design for the third edition of &#8220;Japan&#8217;s International Relations&#8221;.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook3rdedcover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8924\" title=\"sheffieldbook3rdedcover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook3rdedcover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"732\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook3rdedcover.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook3rdedcover-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/Japans-International-Relations-Economics-Sheffield\/dp\/0415587433\">http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/Japans-International-Relations-Economics-Sheffield\/dp\/0415587433<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[This and past editions still available on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk]<\/p>\n<p><em>This cartoon panders to the worst stereotyping of Japanese people and I feel this is a surprising choice for a respected British institution such as the University of Sheffield. If this was a mob of Japan-bashers on the streets of China, or a crazy nationalistic website I would not be surprised. But the School of East Asian Studies? Really?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Is it meant to be ironic? If so, I think this illustration would be better as an inside picture and not used on the cover of a book that is supposedly about international relations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Here in Japan (I live in Sapporo with my Japanese husband and family) there are endless gaijin-bashing images and Debito Arudou, a friend of mine, is a well known activator on discrimination issues &#8211; if he found this image of a non-Japanese on a Japanese book cover we would all shake our heads and groan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Can you possibly think again before publication?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yours sincerely,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amanda Harlow<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Sapporo,\u00a0Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS EDITION COVERS:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook2nded.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8925\" title=\"sheffieldbook2nded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook2nded.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook2nded.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook2nded-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/Japans-International-Relations-Economics-Sheffield\/dp\/0415336384\/ref=pd_sim_sbs_fb_1\">http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/Japans-International-Relations-Economics-Sheffield\/dp\/0415336384\/ref=pd_sim_sbs_fb_1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook1sted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8926\" title=\"sheffieldbook1sted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook1sted.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook1sted.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.debito.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sheffieldbook1sted-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/Japans-International-Relations-Economics-Sheffield\/dp\/0415240980\/ref=pd_sim_sbs_fb_2\">http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/Japans-International-Relations-Economics-Sheffield\/dp\/0415240980\/ref=pd_sim_sbs_fb_2<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"productDescription\">\n<h2>From Amazon: \u00a0Product Description<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/Japans-International-Relations-Economics-Sheffield\/dp\/0415587433\">http:\/\/www.amazon.co.jp\/Japans-International-Relations-Economics-Sheffield\/dp\/0415587433<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>\u5185\u5bb9\u8aac\u660e<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>The latest edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan&#8217;s international relations. It offers a clear and concise introduction to the most important aspects of Japan&#8217;s role in the globalized economy of the twenty-first century. The book has been fully updated and revised to include comprehensive discussions of contemporary key issues for Japan\u2019s IR, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the rise of China<\/li>\n<li>reaction to the global economic and financial crisis since 2008<\/li>\n<li>Japan\u2019s proactive role after 9\/11 and the war on terror<\/li>\n<li>responses to events on the Korean Peninsula<\/li>\n<li>relations with the USA and the Obama administration<\/li>\n<li>relations with Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>changing responses to an expanding and deepening European Union<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Extensively illustrated, the text includes statistics, maps, photographs, summaries and suggestions for further reading, making it essential reading for those studying Japanese politics, and the international relations of the Asia Pacific.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u8457\u8005\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Glenn D. Hook is Professor of Japanese Studies in the School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield.<\/p>\n<p>Julie Gilson is Senior Lecturer in\u00a0the Department of Politics and International Studies,\u00a0University of Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher W. Hughes is\u00a0Professor of International Politics and Japanese Studies, University of Warwick.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Dobson is Professor in the International Relations of Japan, University of Sheffield.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"productDetails\" name=\"productDetails\"><\/a><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" noshade=\"noshade\" \/>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h2>Product Details<\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u30da\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30d0\u30c3\u30af:<\/strong> 560 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Routledge; 3 edition (2011\/8\/31)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> \u82f1\u8a9e, \u82f1\u8a9e, \u82f1\u8a9e<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 0415587433<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-0415587433<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> 2011\/8\/31<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>COMMENT<\/strong>: \u00a0Okay, I shake my head and groan. \u00a0Arudou Debito<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda Harlow:  Dear Professor Dobson, I am writing to you to complain about the choice of cover design for the third edition of &#8220;Japan&#8217;s International Relations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This cartoon panders to the worst stereotyping of Japanese people and I feel this is a surprising choice for a respected British institution such as the University of Sheffield. If this was a mob of Japan-bashers on the streets of China, or a crazy nationalistic website I would not be surprised. But the School of East Asian Studies? Really?<\/p>\n<p>Is it meant to be ironic? If so, I think this illustration would be better as an inside picture and not used on the cover of a book that is supposedly about international relations.<\/p>\n<p>Here in Japan (I live in Sapporo with my Japanese husband and family) there are endless gaijin-bashing images and Debito Arudou, a friend of mine, is a well known activator on discrimination issues &#8211; if he found this image of a non-Japanese on a Japanese book cover we would all shake our heads and groan.<\/p>\n<p>Can you possibly think again before publication?  Sincerely, Amanda Harlow, Sapporo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,22,19,52,26,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-social-science","category-cultural-issue","category-education","category-hate-speech","category-ironies-hypocrisies","category-tangents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.debito.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}