Life in a Japanese Women's College

Learning to be Ladylike

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Av Brian J. McVeigh, Brian J. Mcveigh

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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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Utgivningsdatum2014-02-14
Mått138 x 216 x 15 mm
Vikt385 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
Antal sidor288
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415867924

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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