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The article reviews several books including "Isami's House: Three Centuries of Japanese Family," by Gail Lee Berstein, "Theorizing the Angura Space: Avant-Garde Performance and Politics in Japan, 1960-2000," by Peter Eckersall and "Cinema Anime: Critical Engagements with Japanese Animation," edited by Steven T. Brown.

The article reviews several books about Japanese languages and history including "Language and Society in Japan," by Nanette Gottlieb, "Language, Ideology, and Japanese History Textbooks," by Christopher Barnard and "The Rise of Modern Japan," by Linda K. Menton, Noren W. Lush, Eileen H. Tamura and Chance I. Gusukuma.

Reviews several books about Asian studies. "Representation of Childhood and Youth in Early China," by Anne Behnke Kinney; "China Made: Consumer Culture and the Creation of the Nation," by Karl Gerth; "China's Challenges in the Twenty-First Century," edited by Joseph Y. S. Cheng.

Reviews the book "Empire of Emptiness: Buddhist Art and Political Authority in Qing China," by Patricia Berger.

The article reviews the book "État, religion et répression en Asie : Chine, Corée, Japon, Vietnam (XIIe-XXIe siècles)," edited by Arnaud Brotons, Yannick Bruneton, and Nathalie Kouamé.