Brian J McVeigh

Life in a Japanese Women's College

Learning to be Ladylike

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Produktbeschreibung

One third of the Japanese female workforce are "office ladies" and their training takes place at the many women's colleges in Japan. Brian J McVeigh draws on his teaching experiences at one such institution, Takasu International College, to examine the cultural processes at work in the education of women. Life in a Japanese Women's College explores the educational philosophy of the college which aims to produce "ladylike" women. The processes utilized in this aim include: careful management of the body; "Japaneseness"; "internationalism"; and well-orchestrated school functions. This analysis of the college illustrates how the students are prepared for their future dual roles of employees and mothers. It sheds light on broader issues, demonstrating how women's junior college is part of a complex socioeconomic order.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780415144568
• ISBN-10: 0415144566
• Artikelnr.: 21583084

Autorenporträt

Brian J McVeigh is Associate Professor, Toyo Gakuen University, Tokyo

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Purposes, Premises, and Problems 2. Mental Acts as Social
Behaviour: 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
Bibliography Index