Men and Masculinities in Global English Language Teaching [electronic resource] /
Appleby, R.author.
This book draws on a range of sources, including tales of castaways, fictional narratives, and interviews with teachers in conversation schools and universities in Japan, to explore many current concerns around teacher identity, gender, and intercultural sexuality in global English language teaching.
Description based upon print version of record.
Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; A place called Manly; 1 Masculinity and Heterosexuality in English Language Teaching; Invisible men; The historiography of English language teaching; Why Japan?; Chapter overview; Notes on terminology; 2 Key Concepts and Approaches in Studies of Masculinity; Hegemonic masculinity; Discursive approaches to masculinity; Sexuality and masculinity; Imperialism, masculinity, and race; Masculinity and work; Masculinity in crisis; Key discourses of Western masculinity and ELT in Japan
The discourses of professional idealisation and marginalisationThe discourse of romantic Occidental desire; The discourse of sexual harassment; The discourses of Western masculinity in Japan; 3 Masculine Histories; William Adams: The first English man in Japan; Ranald MacDonald: The first English language teacher in Japan; Commodore Perry: Changes in the politics of gender and English in Japan; MacArthur: English language and the democratisation of gender; The face of English language teaching in an age of globalisation; Grasping the nettle of whiteness and masculinity
4 Fictional MasculinitiesThree discourses of Western masculinity; The discourse of traditional man; The discourse of the new man; The discourse of the new lad; Discourses of Western masculinity in fictional texts; Producing traditional masculinity: Madame Butterfly; Undoing traditional masculinity: M. Butterfly; The new lad in Japan: Charisma Man; Masculinity: Lived experience and fantasy; 5 Introduction to Empirical Studies of Western Men in Japan; Finding participants; Discourse analysis approach; Process of analysis; Positioning the researcher; 6 Embodied Masculinities
Western masculinity and embodimentEmerging discourses; Working in Japan: an embodied ideal of Western masculinity; Conflicting discourses of embodiment, sexuality and professionalism; Commodification of the white Western male body; Ambiguous policies on fraternisation; Regulation of heterosexuality; Compromised professionalism; An excess of embodiment; 7 Married and Single Masculinities; Singleness and marriage in popular culture; Producing the married-single binary; Normative transitions from singleness to marriage; Explaining singles' sexuality; Growing up and moving on
Social, economic and professional implications of marriageNot your typical Japanese woman; Marrying into Japanese culture; Ambiguous positioning and men in same-sex relationships; Implications for the unmarried; The implications of marital status; 8 Professional Masculinities; Marginalisation and English language teaching in Japanese higher education; The experience of white Western men in Japanese higher education; Hurdles in the adoption of academic masculinity; Stereotypes of masculinity: from conversation schools to higher education
Resisting the stereotype of white Western masculinity: mind over body
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book draws on a range of sources, including tales of castaways, fictional narratives, and interviews with teachers in conversation schools and universities in Japan, to explore many current concerns around teacher identity, gender, and intercultural sexuality in global English language teaching.
Sociolinguistics.
Language and education.
Language and languages—Study and teaching.
Sociology.
English language.
Sociolinguistics.
Language Education.
Language Teaching.
Gender Studies.
English.