Kelsky / Chow / Harootunian Women on the Verge

Japanese Women, Western Dreams
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8327-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 309 Seiten

Reihe: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society

Explores issues of gender, race and national identity in Japan, by taking up for critical analysis an emergent national trend, in which some urban Japanese women turn to the West--through study abroad, work abroad, and romance with Westerners-- in order

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelsky, Karen

Chow, Rey

Harootunian, Harry

Miyoshi, Masao

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Note on Japanese Names and Terms xiii

Introduction 1

1. The Promised Land: A Genealogy of Female Internationalism 35

2. Internationalism as Resistance 85

3. Capital and the Fetish of the White Man 133

4. (Re)flexibility in Inflexible Places 202

Conclusion: Strange Bedfellows 227

Notes 249

Bibliography 259

Index 283

Über Autor(innen)

Karen Kelsky is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon.