Dissertation
Japanese Women on the Move: International Marriage, Migration and Transnationalism
University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Doctor of Philosophy, University of the Sunshine Coast
2010
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25907/00271
Abstract
This thesis investigates the nature of international marriage by focusing on the experience of Japanese women who marry Australian men. It examines the historical background and cultural circumstances of kokusai kekkon (international marriage) in Japan; western theories of marriage and gender and how international marriage is dealt with in literature about globalisation, migration, settlement, and transnationalism. The thesis adopts a feminist methodological perspective and the analysis is informed by theories of inequality, predominantly based in gender, but also those related to socio-economic status and 'race'. The thesis argues that for Japanese women, globalisation has offered opportunities for personal and professional enhancement beyond those possible within the historical and cultural limits of Japanese society. However, these opportunities are also mediated by akogare (yearning), global hypergamy, status and position achieved through international marriage, and the gendered and racial exclusions that are an effect of migration and settlement in Australia. Finally, the discussion of transnationalism shows that Japanese women in international marriages are engaged in new forms of transnational exchange that have not been previously recognised in the globalisation literature, and which involve subjective and intergenerational elements of transnationalism as well as unevenness and irregularities over time.
Details
- Title
- Japanese Women on the Move: International Marriage, Migration and Transnationalism
- Authors
- Atsushi Takeda
- Contributors
- Julie M Matthews (Supervisor)
- Awarding institution
- University of the Sunshine Coast
- Degree awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Publisher
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- DOI
- 10.25907/00271
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449866902621
- Output Type
- Dissertation
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