Over the past few decades, many young Japanese women have emerged as Japan s most enthusiastic internationalists, investing in study or work abroad, or in romance with Western men as opportunities to circumvent what they consider their country s oppressive corporate and family structures. Drawing on a rich supply of autobiographical narratives, as well as literary and cultural texts, Karen Kelsky situates this phenomenon against a backdrop of profound social change in Japan andwithin an intricate network of larger global forces. In exploring the promises, limitations, and...
Over the past few decades, many young Japanese women have emerged as Japan s most enthusiastic internationalists, investing in study or work abroad, o...
Over the past few decades, many young Japanese women have emerged as Japan s most enthusiastic internationalists, investing in study or work abroad, or in romance with Western men as opportunities to circumvent what they consider their country s oppressive corporate and family structures. Drawing on a rich supply of autobiographical narratives, as well as literary and cultural texts, Karen Kelsky situates this phenomenon against a backdrop of profound social change in Japan andwithin an intricate network of larger global forces. In exploring the promises, limitations, and...
Over the past few decades, many young Japanese women have emerged as Japan s most enthusiastic internationalists, investing in study or work abroad, o...
