This book illustrates how young Japanese males perform their gender identity and sexuality. It compromises a comprehensive theoretical and practical reading of sexuality education as well as a comparative analysis that brings about a global perspective of the current issues concerning disease, sex, gender, and education for young people. An important resource for Japan specialists, this study will also be valuable for scholars in sociology, education, gender studies, and psychology.
This book illustrates how young Japanese males perform their gender identity and sexuality. It compromises a comprehensive theoretical and practical r...
Based on extensive original research, this book explores the early educational experiences of foreign children in Japan. It considers foreign children s experiences of Japanese schools, examines the special tutoring such children often have to improve their language proficiency, and explores the role of mothers in encouraging their children s education. It contrasts the experiences of foreign children with those of Japanese children and sets out the extensive difficulties foreign children encounter in becoming fully accepted by and integrated into Japanese society. The book concludes by...
Based on extensive original research, this book explores the early educational experiences of foreign children in Japan. It considers foreign child...
Male Circumcision in Japan provides an in-depth examination of anthropological and sociological developments in Japan which challenge the accepted biomedical view of male circumcision as a prophylactic measure. Adult male circumcision in Japan is largely commercialized as cosmetic surgery. Castro-Vazquez analyzes the structural factors and meanings embedded in male circumcision showing the social imagery and growing anxieties concerning changes in gender regimes and sexual mores in Japanese society Introducing the viewpoints of a group Japanese men and women to highlight the significance of...
Male Circumcision in Japan provides an in-depth examination of anthropological and sociological developments in Japan which challenge the accepted bio...
