Yuiko Fujita – författare

In recent years, a large number of young Japanese have been migrating to New York and London for the purpose of engaging in cultural production in areas such as dance, fashion, DJing, film, and pop arts in the hope of "making it" as artists. In the past, this kind of cultural migration was restricted to relatively small, elite groups, such as American artists in Paris in the 1920's, but Cultural Migrants from Japan looks at the phenomenon of tens of thousands of ordinary, middle-class Japanese youths who are moving to these cities for cultural purposes, and it questions how this shift in cultural migration can be explained.Following Appadurai's theory of the relation between electronic media and mass migration, and using ethnographies of twenty-two young migrants over a five year period, Fujita examines how television, film, and the internet influence this mobility. She challenges emerging orthodoxies in the general discussion of transnationalism, demonstrating the disjunction migrants experience between the pre-existing expectations created by media exposure, and the reality of creating and living as a "transnational" artist participating in a global community.Intersecting long-term, multi-sited ethnography with emerging transnational and globalization theory, Cultural Migrants from Japan is a timely look at the emerging shift in concepts of national identity and migration.

How do working mothers in Japan experience the tension between employment and child-rearing? Drawing on in-depth interviews with 55 working mothers, this book offers a compelling account of women’s struggles under “neoliberal motherhood” in contemporary Japan. By comparing university-educated and nonuniversity-educated women, it reveals subtle yet consequential class-based differences in how mothers balance childcare, housework, and paid work.The book shows how motherhood ideologies, economic constraints, unequal spousal support, workplace norms, and practices intersect to shape women’s everyday lives. In particular, it brings into focus the often-overlooked challenges faced by nonuniversity-educated women, and by situating these experiences within Japan’s strong child-centered ideology, the book examines how mothers navigate pervasive expectations of intensive mothering and develop strategies to cope with them. In doing so, it reframes what are often seen as individual struggles as structurally produced inequalities.

How do working mothers in Japan experience the tension between employment and child-rearing? Drawing on in-depth interviews with 55 working mothers, this book offers a compelling account of women's struggles under "e;neoliberal motherhood"e; in contemporary Japan. By comparing university-educated and nonuniversity-educated women, it reveals subtle yet consequential class-based differences in how mothers balance childcare, housework, and paid work.The book shows how motherhood ideologies, economic constraints, unequal spousal support, workplace norms, and practices intersect to shape women's everyday lives. In particular, it brings into focus the often-overlooked challenges faced by nonuniversity-educated women, and by situating these experiences within Japan's strong child-centered ideology, the book examines how mothers navigate pervasive expectations of intensive mothering and develop strategies to cope with them. In doing so, it reframes what are often seen as individual struggles as structurally produced inequalities.