ISBN:
9780415662581
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (312 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
Series Statement:
Routledge Contemporary Japan Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Japanese Femininities
DDC:
305.420952
Keywords:
Housewives - Japan - History - 20th century
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The corporate salaryman and professional housewife stand as hegemonic archetypes of masculinity and femininity in Japan. However, these rigid gender roles are being challenged by women who are seeking to move beyond the strictly defined confines of their traditional roles as caregivers and homemakers. Through interviews with a range of Japanese women, this book explores how women's gender roles are both reified and undermined in Japan today, and uncovers the prevalent themes, or 'discourses', that are utilized to construct gendered identities. It shows that while dominant discourses
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity in post-World War II Japan; Introduction; Salaryman masculinity; Full-time housewife emphasized femininity; Gender equality rhetoric; Part-time non-regular employment; Housewife femininity and empowerment; Conclusion; 2 The social construction of gender; Introduction; Gender as an ongoing interactional accomplishment; Sexuality; "Hegemonic masculinity"; "Emphasized femininity"; "Non-emphasized femininity"; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
3 Methodology, data collection, and study participantsIntroduction; Critical discursive psychology; Discourses and subject positions; The study participants; Limitations of the study and reflexivity; Data analysis; Gendered discourses in Japan; Conclusion; 4 Dominant discourses constituting emphasized femininity; Introduction; Reifying emphasized femininity; Resisting emphasized femininity; Discussion; Conclusion; 5 Related discourses constituting emphasized femininity; Introduction; A "men as primary breadwinners" discourse; Discussion; An "advantaged/privileged femininity" discourse
Description / Table of Contents:
DiscussionA "men as domestically uninvolved" discourse; Discussion; Conclusion; 6 Oppositional femininities; Introduction; Single career woman oppositional femininity; Married working mother oppositional femininity; Discussion; Queer heterosexual femininities; Conclusion; 7 Conclusion; Introduction; The study's implications; Limitations and reflexivity; Implications for further research; Non-discursive implications; Suggestions to promote greater gender equality; Conclusion; References; Index
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