Essay from the year 2005 in the subject Orientalism / Sinology - Japanology, grade: -, University of Sheffield, course: MA, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the lives of Koreans in Japan since The Treaty of Kanghwa. It examines the legal changes, social and cultural changes, and the political changes that have been made throughout the years and deals with issues of nationality, alien registration and names. Issues of marriage, work, education, accommodation, and voting rights are also discussed. Finally, it concludes by discussing the changes which have been made since the end...

Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Pedagogy - Science, Theory, Anthropology, University of Sheffield, course: Japanese language and Society, language: English, abstract: In this essay I will show that the Japanese Ministry of Education, because of its strict control over teacher's unions and on other aspects of Japanese life, does indeed have a huge say in forming the individual.

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2005 in the subject Sociology - Gender Studies, University of Sheffield, course: japanese Language and Society, language: English, abstract: Prostitution is known as the worlds' oldest profession and dates back to Sumerian times. "World wide an estimated 300 million women regularly have sex with 5 to 10 partners during a typical "working " day (International Labour Organization, 1998, quoted in Rhawn,2004, 154). Throughout history men in positions of power, or those in the public eye have kept mistresses or have had dealings with prostitutes, from...