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DR CAROLYN STEVENS



Contact Details

Organization: Asia Institute
Position: SENIOR LECTURER IN JAPANESE
Email:
Homepage: http://www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/stevens.html
Work: 8344 7582
Fax: 9349 4870
Room: 310
Level: 03
Building: Sidney Myer Asia Centre
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
socio-cultural anthropology, cultural studies, Asian Studies, disability studies Japan Japan

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts Magna Cum Laude Harvard University 05-Jun-1986
Master of Arts Columbia University
Master of Philosophy Columbia University 10-Feb-1992
Doctor of Philosophy Columbia University 17-May-1995

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member American Anthropological Association co-contributing editor, Society for East Asian Anthropology, Anthropology News, 2005 - 2008 08-May-1995 30-Sep-2008
Member Japanese Studies Association of Australia member of the Executive: 1997-99; Secretary/Treasurer: 1999-2001; Area Editor, Japanese Studies: 2005 - present 16-Jan-1995 16-Jul-2008
Member Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS) website maintainer, 1997 to 2007 01-May-1996
Member Asian Studies Association regular member 01-Apr-1997

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Books

  • Japanese Popular Music: Culture, Authenticity and Power
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Routledge(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Book Review: Dismantling the East - West Dichotomy: Essays in Honour of Jan van Bremen
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Japanese Studies
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 115-116
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  • New Directions in East Asian Anthropology
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Anthropology News
    Volume: 49
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 61
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Book Review: Deaf in Japan: Signing and the Politics of Identity.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Japanese Studies
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 475-479
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  • Living with Disability in Urban Japan
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Japanese Studies
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 263-278
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  • Translations:  "Internationalizing" Language and Music in Japan
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Anthropology News
    Volume: 48
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 54
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Society for East Asian Anthropology Conference Report  
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Anthropology News
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 60-61
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • I quit my job for a funeral: the mourning and empowering of a Japanese Rock Star
    Year: 2005
    Book: The Making of Saints: Contesting Sacred Ground
    Publisher: University of Alabama Press(Tuscaloosa)
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Journal Articles

  • Book Review: Bestor, Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Asian Studies
    Volume: 64
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1022-1023
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Buying Intimacy: Proximity and Exchange at a Japanese Rock Concert
    Year: 2004
    Book: Fanning the Flames: Fans and Consumer Culture in Contemporary Japan
    Publisher: State University of New York Press(New York)
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  • Love Never Dies: Romance & Christian Symbolism in a Japanese Rock Video
    Year: 2004
    Book: Refashioning Pop Music in Asia
    Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon(London)
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Voices and Visions from Japan
    Year: 2003
    Book: Voices and Visions from Japan Texts for the Senior English Classroom
    Publisher: Curriculum Corporation(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Reproducing identity: maternal and child healthcare for foreigners in Japan
    Year: 2002
    Book: Family and Social Policy in Japan
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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  • Saved by the love song: Japanese rock fans, memory and the pursuit of pleasure
    Year: 2002
    Book: Japan at play: The ludic and the logic of power
    Publisher: Routledge(London)
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • So close and yet so far: humanizing celebrity in Japanese music variety shows, 1960s-1990s
    Year: 2001
    Book: Asian Media Productions
    Publisher: Curzon Press(Surrey)
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