{"product_id":"women-on-the-verge-japanese-women-western-dreams-9780822328162","title":"Women on the Verge: Japanese Women, Western Dreams","description":"Over the past few decades, many young Japanese women have emerged as Japan's most enthusiastic \"internationalists,\" investing in study or work abroad, or in romance with Western men as opportunities to circumvent what they consider their country's oppressive corporate and family structures. Drawing on a rich supply of autobiographical narratives, as well as literary and cultural texts, Karen Kelsky situates this phenomenon against a backdrop of profound social change in Japan and within an intricate network of larger global forces.\u003cbr\u003eIn exploring the promises, limitations, and contradictions of these \"occidental longings,\" \u003ci\u003eWomen on the Verge\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the racial and erotic politics of transnational mobility. Kelsky shows how female cosmopolitanism recontextualizes the well-known Western male romance with the Orient: Japanese women are now the agents, narrating their own desires for the \"modern\" West in ways that seem to defy Japanese nationalism as well as long-standing relations of power not only between men and women but between Japan and the West. While transnational movement is not available to all Japanese women, Kelsky shows that the desire for the foreign permeates many Japanese women's lives. She also reveals how this feminine allegiance to the West-and particularly to white men-can impose its own unanticipated hegemonies of race, sexuality, and capital.\u003cbr\u003eCombining ethnography and literary analysis, and bridging anthropology and cultural studies, \u003ci\u003eWomen on the Verge\u003c\/i\u003e will also appeal to students and scholars of Japan studies, feminism, and global culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Kelsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.65h x 6.05w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822328162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Kelsky is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40473703678067,"sku":"9.78082E+12","price":50.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_eac712f6-f352-4b29-a8ad-cec9778b96ce.jpg?v=1664373583","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/women-on-the-verge-japanese-women-western-dreams-9780822328162","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}