| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series |
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Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: purposes, premises, and problems -- 2. Mental acts as social behavior: 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 |
| Summary |
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 th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Takasu International College -- Students
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| SUBJECT |
Takasu International College fast |
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Erziehungsanstalt für Töchter Eisenach gnd |
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Takasu International College. ram |
| Subject |
Women -- Education (Higher) -- Social aspects -- Japan -- Case studies
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Women college students -- Japan -- Social conditions -- Case studies
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Social role -- Japan
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EDUCATION -- General.
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Social role
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Students
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Women college students -- Social conditions
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Women -- Education (Higher) -- Social aspects
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Höheres Bildungswesen
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Beroepsopleidingen.
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Vrouwen.
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Rollen (sociale wetenschappen)
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Éducation des femmes -- Japon -- Cas, Études de.
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Femmes -- Enseignement supérieur -- Aspect social -- Japon -- Cas, Études de.
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Rôle social -- Japon.
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Japan
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Japan
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
96019652 |
| ISBN |
9781136183126 |
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1136183124 |
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1299872093 |
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9781299872097 |
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9781315004907 |
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1315004909 |
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9781136183270 |
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1136183272 |
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9781136183195 |
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1136183191 |
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9780415867924 |
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0415867924 |
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