This book is the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. The book moves beyond the stereotype of the Japanese white-collar businessman to explore the diversity of identities and experiences that may be found among men in contemporary Japan, including those versions of masculinity which are marginalized and subversive. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japanese society and identity.
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Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan is a challenging collection that endeavors to deconstruct Japanese dominant masculine doxa [taken-for-grantedness]...in terms of the variety of topics and the abundant ethnographic data on various types of men, this book is one of the groundbreaking works in the field of Japanese men and masculinities.--Men and Masculinities, Vol 9 No 1, July 2006
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This review is from: Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa (Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies) (Paperback)
As the subtitle of this anthology clearly states, the editors and contributors are trying to show that not all Japanese men are middle-class, company-oriented, gender-typical, childcare-shunning, heterosexual males in intraethnic marriages. However, it still indicates how the Japanese law presumes that the salaryman is the national everyman.Typically, books discuss either women, gay men, transgenders, and gender rebels separately and exclusively. This books peels the layers of the onion discussing most every aspect of gender- and sexual diversity. One chapter on transgenders discusses gay men and some gender-typical gay male readers may be offended by the equation, however. This anthology had a good mix of male and female contributors ranging from Europe, the United States, and Asia. Thus, this is a book about "us" and "them." However, because many writers had American ties and I hear that Japanese students learning English are taught the American style, I was surprised this book was written in British English (dare I say "the Queen's English"?) Examples of this include s's instead of z's ("theorise"), titles not punctuated (Mr, Dr), and none the less not spelled as one word. As diverse as the contributors were, they pretty much relied upon academic quotes from Western scholars (Butler, Connell, Foucault, Halberstam, etc.) I am not sure whether this means Japanese scholars are not producing work on gender diversity or that the contributors themselves are at the forefront of this field. The last three chapters are from Japanese in political organizations (gay activists, fathers' responsibilities and rights advocates, those unlearning domestic violence). The two chapters before that concern working-class Japanese men. The first half of the book could have been organized as well. Therefore, I am surprised that the editors not to break the chapters into parts and have commentaries at the beginning of each. Given its size and power (despite the recession oft-mentioned by the authors), it should come as no surprise that Japan is diverse in terms of gender, class, biological sex, and sexual orientation. Still, claims of homogeneity within and outside of its shores persist for Japan. Finally, a book chips away at this inaccuracy. I would really like to hear what Japanese nationals think about this text.
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In 1963, Ezra Vogel described the then newly (re)emerging lifestyle of Japan's 'new middle class', introducing Western readers to 'the salaryman', white-collar workers in large corporations and government bureaucracies (1971/1963: 5). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, University of California Press, Shintani Metals, Ministry of Health, Takarazuka Theatre, United States, Asahi Shinbun, University of Chicago Press, Stanford University Press, Fine Boys, Cambridge University Press, Filipina Japanese, Iwanami Shoten, Kegan Paul, Yale University Press, Harvard University Press, Beacon Press, Duke University Press, Gender Trouble, New Haven, Thousand Oaks, University of Hawaii Press, Basic Books, Deai Events, Laura Miller New!
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In 1963, Ezra Vogel described the then newly (re)emerging lifestyle of Japan's 'new middle class', introducing Western readers to 'the salaryman', white-collar workers in large corporations and government bureaucracies (1971/1963: 5). Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, University of California Press, Shintani Metals, Ministry of Health, Takarazuka Theatre, United States, Asahi Shinbun, University of Chicago Press, Stanford University Press, Fine Boys, Cambridge University Press, Filipina Japanese, Iwanami Shoten, Kegan Paul, Yale University Press, Harvard University Press, Beacon Press, Duke University Press, Gender Trouble, New Haven, Thousand Oaks, University of Hawaii Press, Basic Books, Deai Events, Laura Miller New!
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- Gender and Power: Society, the Person, and Sexual Politics by R. W. Connell on page 15, and page 90
- Female Masculinity by Judith Halberstam on page 35, and page 60
- Theorizing Masculinities (SAGE Series on Men and Masculinity) by Harry Brod on page 15, and page 16
- Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics [Updated Edition] by Cynthia Enloe on page 160
- Men, Masculinities & Social Theory (Problems of Modern European Thought) on page 16
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