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Title Men and masculinities in contemporary Japan : dislocating the salaryman doxa / edited by James E. Roberson and Nobue Suzuki
Published London : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 222 pages) : illustrations
Series Nissan Institute/RoutledgeCurzon Japanese studies series
Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
Contents What masculinity? : transgender practices among Japanese 'men' / Wim Lunsing -- Male beauty work in Japan / Laura Miller -- Female masculinity and fantasy spaces : transcending genders in the Takarazuka Theatre and Japanese popular culture / Karen Nakamura and Hisako Matsuo -- The burning of men : masculinities and the nation in Japanese popular song / Christine R. Yano -- Of love and the marriage market : masculinity politics and Filipina-Japanese marriages in Japan / Nobue Suzuki -- Can 'a real man' live for his family? : ikigai and masculinity in today's Japan / Gordon Mathews -- Japanese working-class masculinities : marginalized complicity / James E. Roberson -- When pillars evaporate : structuring masculinity on the Japanese margins / Tom Gill -- Regendering batterers : domestic violence and men's movements / Tadashi Nakamura -- HIV risk and the (im)permeability of the male body : representations and realities of gay men in Japan / Takashi Kazama and Kazuya Kawaguchi -- Balancing fatherhood and work : emergence of diverse masculinities in contemporary Japan / Masako Ishii-Kuntz
Summary "Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan provides the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. It moves beyond the stereotype of the white-collar salaryman to explore the diversity of identities and experiences found among Japanese men, including those versions of masculinity that are marginalized and subversive. By examining this diversity, the book also helps to bring the notion of 'masculinity' itself into question." "This edited collection includes discussions about transgendering men, working-class men, body aesthetics, transnational marriages, domestic violence, AIDS, representations of homosexuality, fatherhood and struggles for a masculine meaning in life beyond work within Japan." "This is a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japanese society and identity. It will be of interest to students and researchers of anthropology, sociology and gender studies as well as Japanese studies."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Men -- Japan -- Social conditions
Men -- Japan -- Identity
Masculinity -- Japan
Sex role -- Japan
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Men's Studies.
Masculinity
Men -- Identity
Men -- Social conditions
Sex role
Mann
Geschlechterrolle
Identität
Soziale Situation
Mannen.
Mannelijkheid.
Sociale identiteit.
Masculinité (psychologie) -- Japon.
Relations hommes-femmes -- Japon.
Hommes -- Japon -- Psychologie.
Identité sexuelle -- Japon.
Division sexuelle du travail -- Japon.
Rôle selon le sexe -- Japon.
Hommes -- Attitudes.
Hommes -- Conditions sociales -- Japon.
Japan
Japan
Form Electronic book
Author Roberson, James E., 1955- editor.
Suzuki, Nobue, 1957- editor.
ISBN 0203994957
9780203994955
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