Life in a Japanese Women's College

Learning to be Ladylike

AvBrian J. McVeigh

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Del i serien Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies

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Beskrivning

One third of the Japanese female workforce are 'office ladies' and their training takes place in the many women's junior colleges. Office ladies are low-wage, low-status secretaries who have little or no job security.Brian J. McVeigh draws on his experience as a teacher at one such institution to explore the cultural and social processes used to promote 'femininity' in Japanese women. His detailed and ethnographically-informed study considers how the students of these institutions are socialized to fit their future dual roles of employees and mothers, and illuminates the sociopolitical role that the colleges play in Japanese society as a whole.

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Utgivningsdatum:2014-02-14
Mått:138 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt:385 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
Antal sidor:288
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415867924

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Brian J McVeigh is Associate Professor, Toyo Gakuen University, Tokyo

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Purposes, Premises, and Problems 2. Mental Acts as Social Behaviour: Reuniting Body, Mind and Practice 3. The Ethnomorality of Etiquette: The Cultural Context of Takasu International College 4. Cultivating 'Ladylike' and 'International' Women at Takasu 5. Takasu as an Institution 6. Ceremonies of Culture in a Culture of Ceremony 7. Becoming an 'Office Lady': Engendering Gender through the Body 8. Students: The Politics of Shyness and Schooling 9. Leaving College Life and Entering the Adult World 10. Conclusion: Socialization, Gender, Schooling and the State Bibliography Index