6. Akogare and Precarious ‘Japan’

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments x
5. Preface xi
6. Foreword xiii
7. 1. Introduction 1
8. 2. Akogare and My Study Participants 13
9. 3. Akogare in Academic Literature and the Akogare 20
10. 4. Methodology 58
11. 5. Akogare and Gender 66
12. 6. Akogare and Precarious ‘Japan’ 75
13. 7. Akogare and Japanese Higher Education Today 94
14. 8. Conclusion and Future Implications 129
15. Appendix A: Questionnaire for Japanese University Students 142
16. Appendix B: Questionnaire for Japanese University Faculty 146
17. Appendix C: Visual and Textual Aids for Akogare 150
18. Appendix D: Questionnaire/Interview Participants (Faculty: m = 35, f = 22) 152
19. Appendix E: Questionnaire/Interview Participants (Students: m = 30, f = 45) 154
20. Appendix F: The Students’ Choice of Ideal Mother Country (with Reasons) and Overseas Experience 157
21. Appendix G: Face-To-Face Interview Participants’ (Students) Responses to the Miyamoto Case/Japaneseness Ideals and Overseas Experience 159
22. Appendix H: Notes on Recruiting Study Participants 167
23. Appendix I: Notes on Methods and Analysis Used 168
24. References 171
25. Index 187