Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman DoxaRoutledge, 2005 M06 29 - 240 pages This book is the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. The book moves beyond the stereotype of the Japanese white-collar businessman to explore the diversity of identities and experiences that may be found among men in contemporary Japan, including those versions of masculinity which are marginalized and subversive. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japanese society and identity. |
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... culture 59 KAREN NAKAMURA AND HISAKO MATSUO 5 The burning of men: masculinities and the nation in Japanese popular song 77 CHRISTINE R. YANO 6 Of love and the marriage market: masculinity politics and Filipina-Japanese marriages in ...
... culture 59 KAREN NAKAMURA AND HISAKO MATSUO 5 The burning of men: masculinities and the nation in Japanese popular song 77 CHRISTINE R. YANO 6 Of love and the marriage market: masculinity politics and Filipina-Japanese marriages in ...
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... Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket (Roudedge, 2000), and coeditor of Consuming Hong Kong (University of Hong Kong Press, 2001). He is currendy doing research on 'the generation gap' inJapan today ...
... Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket (Roudedge, 2000), and coeditor of Consuming Hong Kong (University of Hong Kong Press, 2001). He is currendy doing research on 'the generation gap' inJapan today ...
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... cultural identity in Okinawa. Nobue Suzuki is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. She is completing her dissertation entided, Battlefields of Affection: Gender, Global Desires and the ...
... cultural identity in Okinawa. Nobue Suzuki is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. She is completing her dissertation entided, Battlefields of Affection: Gender, Global Desires and the ...
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... culture is mined for clues about how masculinity has been changing, while less pleasant issues such as the spread of HIV/AIDS and domestic violence are explored. Day labourers on the margins of society, as well as farmers in remote ...
... culture is mined for clues about how masculinity has been changing, while less pleasant issues such as the spread of HIV/AIDS and domestic violence are explored. Day labourers on the margins of society, as well as farmers in remote ...
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... cultural feminist essentialism' (1991: 26), to avoid essentializing men or masculinities. It is crucial instead critically to interpret and understand the multiplicity of men and masculinities and to 'dislocate' (see Cornwall and ...
... cultural feminist essentialism' (1991: 26), to avoid essentializing men or masculinities. It is crucial instead critically to interpret and understand the multiplicity of men and masculinities and to 'dislocate' (see Cornwall and ...
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