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Book SynopsisThis book is the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. The book moves beyond the stereotype of the Japanese white-collar businessman to explore the diversity of identities and experiences that may be found among men in contemporary Japan, including those versions of masculinity which are marginalized and subversive. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japanese society and identity.
Trade Review"Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan is a challenging collection that endeavors to deconstruct Japanese 'dominant masculine doxa [taken-for-grantedness]'...in terms of the variety of topics and the abundant ethnographic data on various types of men, this book is one of the groundbreaking works in the field of Japanese men and masculinities."--Men and Masculinities, Vol 9 No 1, July 2006
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Note on Names Contributors 1. Introduction James E. Roberson and Nobue Suzuki 2. What masculinity? Transgender Practices Among Japanese 'Men' Wim Lunsing 3. Male Beauty Work in Japan Laura Miller 4. Female Masculinity and Fantasy Spaces: Transcending Genders in the Takarazuka Theatre and Japanese Popular Culture Karen Nakamura and Hisako Matsuo 5. The Burning of Men: Masculinities and the Nation in Japanese Popular Song Christine R. Yano 6. Of Love and the Marriage Market: Masculinity Politics and Filipina-Japanese Marriages in Japan Nobue Suzuki 7. Can 'a Real Man' Live for His Family: Ikigai and Masculinity in Today's Japan Gordon Mathews 8. Japanese Working Class Masculinites: Marginalized Complicity James E. Roberson 9. When Pillars Evaporate: Structuring Masculinity on the Japanese Margins Tom Gill 10. Regendering Batterers: Domestic Violence and Men's Movements Tadashi Nakamura 11. HIV Risk and the (Im)Permeability of the Male Body: Representations and Realities of Gay Men in Japan Takashi Kazama and Kazuya Kawaguchi 12. Balancing Fatherhood and Work: Emergence of Diverse Masculinites in Contemporary Japan Masako Ishii-Kuntz Index
