Men and masculinities in contemporary Japan
Subtitle: dislocating the salaryman doxa
By: edited by James E. Roberson and Nobue Suzuki
Contributors: Roberson, James E., 1955-; Suzuki, Nobue, 1957-
Series: Nissan Institute/RoutledgeCurzon Japanese studies series; Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Men -- Japan -- Social conditions; Men -- Japan -- Identity; Masculinity -- Japan; Sex role -- Japan
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: What masculinity?: transgender practices among Japanese "men" /Wim Lunsing; title: Male beauty work in Japan / Laura Miller; title: Female masculinity and fantasy spaces: transcending genders in the Takarazuka Theatre and Japanese popular culture / Karen Nakamura and Hisako Matsuo; title: The burning of men: masculinities and the nation in Japanese popular song / Christine R. Yano; title: Of love and the marriage market: masculinity politics and Filipina-Japanese marriages in Japan / Nobue Suzuki; title: Can "a real man" live for his family?: ikigai and masculinity in today's Japan / Gordon Mathews; title: Japanese working- class masculinities: marginalized complicity / James E. Roberson; title: When pillars evaporate: structuring masculinity on the Japanese margins / Tom Gill; title: Regendering batterers: domestic violence and men's movements / Tadashi Nakamura; title: HIV risk and the (im)permeability of the male body: representations and realities of gay men in Japan / Takashi Kazama and Kazuya Kawaguchi; title: Balancing fatherhood and work: emergence of diverse masculinities in contemporary Japan / Masako Ishii-Kuntz