Suchergebnisse

Behind the Barbed Wire Fence -- Military Bases in East Asia: The Case of Okinawa -- Transnational Movements During the Occupation of Okinawa: Third Country Nationals and the U.S. Bases -- The "Other" Mixed Race: The Nisei in Perspective -- The Return to Okinawa: Capital, Networks, Mobility -- The Other Army: United States Forces in Japan Employees in Okinawa -- "Home is where the Heart is?" An Invisible Minority -- Future Trajectories: A Conclusion

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editor's Preface Mina Roces -- Introduction: Thinking Beyond the State Johanna O. Zulueta -- Part I: Challenges to Policies -- 1 Immigration Policy in Contemporary Japan: The Dilemma Between Control and Coexistence Junichi Akashi -- 2 A Decade After the Birth of JPEPA: Overcoming Policy Failure of Healthcare Workers' Migration Scheme Ron Bridget Vilog -- 3 Filipino Domestic Workers to Japan: Issues and Concerns Maria Rosario Piquero-Ballescas, Orlando Ballescas, and Hiroya Takamatsu -- 4 Impediments on Reaching Human Security for Migrants: Prospects for the Philippines and Japan Benjamin San Jose -- Part II: Agency in Structure -- 5 Parenting Experiences of Filipino Mothers in Japanese-Filipino Intercultural Marriages Melvin Jabar -- 6 Rethinking Nationality Issues of Japanese-Filipinos from the Perspective of NGOs and Youth Megumi Hara -- 7 Filipino Rap Music as an Arbiter of Migrant Visibility in Japan: The Case of Espada Yellowbelle Duaqui -- Part III: Communities and Integration -- 8 "Bonds, Bridges, and Links of Hope": Migrant Support Organizations (MSOs) as Agents of Immigrant Family Integration Jocelyn Celero -- 9 Migrant Women in a Big City Entertainment Area: What Have Filipino Women Changed in Sakae-Higashi Area, Naka-Ward, Nagoya City, 2002-2006? Sachi Takahata -- The Editor and Contributors -- Index -- About Sussex Academic Press

This study examines the lives of marriage migrants, primarily coming from the Philippines to non-highly urbanised areas (i.e., "rural" areas) of South Korea. It looks at how these women negotiate gender norms and expectations in these multicultural families within the context of state-led multiculturalism. Semi-structured interviews with 20 Filipino marriage migrants were conducted from August to September 2023 in selected areas of Chungcheongnam-do (South Chungcheong Province) and Jeollabuk-do (North Jeolla Province). Based on the data gathered, it was found that these women have navigated gendered cultural expectations in the Korean household, thus reproducing gendered norms within the traditional Korean family and playing a significant role in keeping the family intact. However, there are also instances where these gendered expectations were subverted within these families. This study would like to interrogate whether these women are able to re-imagine a different kind of "womanhood" away from traditional family norms, thus challenging existing models of how marriage migrants are expected to perform in the context of what I call "performative multiculturalism" in ethnonationalist states such as South Korea and Japan.

"Women and COVID-19: A Clinical and Applied Sociological Focus on Family, Work and Community focuses on women's lived experiences amid the pandemic, emphasising migrant labourers, ethnic minorities, the poor and disenfranchised, the incarcerated, and victims of gender-based violence, to explore the impact of the pandemic on women. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and exacerbated pervasive gender inequalities in homes, schools and workplaces in the developed world and the global south. Female workers, particularly those from poor or ethnic minority backgrounds, were often the first to lose their jobs amidst unprecedented lay-offs and economic uncertainty. National lockdowns and widespread restrictions blurred the boundaries between work and home life and increased the burden of domestic work on women within patriarchal societies. This so-called 'new normal' in everyday life also exposed women to increased levels of gender-based violence and likelihood of contracting COVID-19 due to overcrowding. This edited volume includes contributions from leading applied and clinical sociologists working and living in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas and gives a global overview of the impact of the pandemic on women. Each chapter adopts an applied and clinical sociological approach in analysing gendered vulnerabilities. The volume innovatively uses personal accounts, including narratives, interviews, autoethnographies and focus group discussions, to explore women's lived experiences during the pandemic. This edited collection will greatly interest students, academics and researchers in the humanities and social sciences with an interest in gender and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic"--

COVID-19 is transforming how families and societies respond to this public health crisis. This global public health issue has both short and long term ramifications for how people work, go to school, care for families, and communicate. This paper provides a portrait of the changes and effects brought upon by the pandemic and government appeals for "self-restraint" (as opposed to lockdown policies in other countries). In addition, the experiences of Japanese families from the perspective of university students, looking at several aspects such as work, schooling, and relationships. The observations suggest that there are notable impacts upon the Japanese family brought upon by new living arrangements. These include increased interactions and opportunities for more frequent communication between family members. On the other hand, significant issues including financial insecurity caused by reduced or stagnant incomes, tensions between family members due to work-at-home lifestyles, exacerbate existing problems faced by Japanese families. The stress from new living arrangements in small dwellings may have further intensified gender inequality in the division of housework and carework, and become a catalyst for greater strain in relationships. This paper provides an assessment of the current changes experienced by Japanese families based on news reports and statistical data, as well as perceptions of the pandemic from Japanese university students.