Cornelia Reiher: Lokale Identität und ländliche Revitalisierung. Die japanische Keramikstadt Arita und die Grenzen der Globalisierung [Local Identity and Rural Revitalization. The Japanese Pottery Town Arita and the Limitations of Globalization]Stephanie Assmann
ASIEN – Nr. 139 (2016) pp. 151–52
Bielefeld: transcript, 2014. 294 pp., 44,99 EUR
Depopulation and economic decline can be caused by natural disasters or wars, occur as a result of fertility decline, or when a prima ry industry ceases to exist. This last scenario is addressed by Cornelia Reiher who dis cusses the entwined phenomena of globali zation, economic decline, and local identity in Arita in southern Japan, which was once a vibrant pottery town.
