![]() ![]() Roberson is Lecturer in the Department of Japanese and Korean Studies at the University of New South Wales. It will be of interest to students and researchers of anthropology, sociology and gender studies as well as Japanese studies. This is a significant contribution to our understanding of contemporary Japanese society and identity. This edited collection includes discussions about transgendering men, workingclass men, body aesthetics, transnational marriages, domestic violence, AIDS, representations of homosexuality, fatherhood and struggles for a masculine meaning in life beyond work within Japan. By examining this diversity, the book also helps to bring the notion of ‘masculinity’ itself into question. It moves beyond the stereotype of the white-collar salaryman to explore the diversity of identities and experiences found among Japanese men, including those versions of masculinity that are marginalized and subversive. In short, this volume begins to fill a big gap in the literature on gender and sexuality in Japanese society.’ Dr Roger Goodman, University of Oxford Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan provides the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. It is good at last to have a complementary book that does the same for the “Japanese Man” and Japanese ideas of “masculinity”. ![]() ‘There is already a rich and sophisticated literature discussing the complex and varied images and realities of the “Japanese Woman” and Japanese ideas of “femininity”. Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan ![]()
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