The Japanese Housewife Overseas : Adapting to Change of Culture and Status

Based on research over a six-year period into three age groups of women, this important new study offers in depth analysis for the first time of the experience of expatriate Japanese wives living temporarily in the United Kingdom. It focuses on the roles of the 'housewife' in the context of the changing status of women in contemporary Japan. Based On Research Over A Six-year Period Into Three Age Groups Of Women, This Important New Study Offers An In-depth Analysis For The First Time Of The Experiences Of Expatriate Japanese Wives Living Temporarily In The United Kingdom. It Focuses On The Roles Of The 'housewife' In The Context Of The Changing Status Of Women In Contemporary Japan. Its Findings Will Undoubtedly Provide A Valuable Benchmark Regarding Japanese Expatriate Communities Worldwide. The Book Highlights Ways In Which Housewife Roles - And, Significantly, Women's Attitudes Towards Them - Are Changing Not Only While Living In The Uk, But Also In Japan. The Japanese Housewife Overseas Will Provide A Welcome Resource For Students And Academics In Japanese Studies, Including Anthropology, Sociology, Gender, Migration And Globalization And Business Studies, As Well As Being Of Interest To A More General Readership.--book Jacket. Salarymen, Their Wives, And Overseas Transfer -- Overseas Transfer To The Uk -- What Overseas Transfer Means To Wives -- Japanese Housewives' Roles In The Uk : Caring For The Family And Maintaining Links With Japan -- Japanese Housewives' Roles In The Uk : Care Of Young Children And Education -- Life Outside The Confines Of Housewife : Enriching Aspects Of Overseas Transfer -- Effect Of Overseas Transfer On Wives. Ruth Martin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [146]-155) And Index. Table of Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgements......Page 9 Introduction......Page 12 2. Salarymen, their wives and overseas transfer......Page 20 3. Overseas transfer to the UK......Page 31 4. What overseas transfer means to wives......Page 42 5. Japanese housewives’ roles in the UK: caring for the family and maintaining links with Japan......Page 66 6. Japanese housewives’ roles in the UK: Care ofyoung children and education......Page 86 7. Life outside the confines of ‘housewife’: enriching aspects of overseas transfer......Page 115 8. Effect of overseas transfer on wives......Page 130 9. Conclusion......Page 146 Bibliography......Page 157 Index......Page 167