Life in a Japanese Women's College
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ethnographic research
femininity construction
Founder's Cap
gender socialisation
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Good Wife-wise Mother
High School
International Liberal Arts
japan's
Japan's Higher Education System
Japanese Education
Japanese higher education
Japanese Social Life
Japan’s Higher Education System
junior
Junior Colleges
Knowledge Acquisition
mother
non-Japanese Instructors
President's Mother
professors
Psychological Essence
Regular Full Time Employees
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Seminar Professor
Senior High
Senior High School
socialisation in Japanese junior colleges
society
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System's Apex
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Tea Ceremony
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Women's Junior College
women's workforce roles
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- ISBN 9780415144568
- Weight: 385g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 05 Dec 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Brian J McVeigh is Associate Professor, Toyo Gakuen University, Tokyo
