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Life in a Japanese Women's College: Learning to be Ladylike
Contributor(s): McVeigh, Brian J. (Author)
ISBN: 0415867924     ISBN-13: 9780415867924
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Education
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General
- Social Science | Regional Studies
Dewey: 370.8
Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies
Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.72 lbs) 288 pages
 
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One third of the Japanese female workforce are 'office ladies' and their training takes place in the many women's junior colleges. Office ladies are low-wage, low-status secretaries who have little or no job security.
Brian J. McVeigh draws on his experience as a teacher at one such institution to explore the cultural and social processes used to promote 'femininity' in Japanese women. His detailed and ethnographically-informed study considers how the students of these institutions are socialized to fit their future dual roles of employees and mothers, and illuminates the sociopolitical role that the colleges play in Japanese society as a whole.