The Japanese housewife overseas
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| adam_text | Contents
Plate section faces page 86
Acknowledgements viii
1. Introduction 1
• Participants and methodology 3
• Structure of the book 7
2. Salarymen, their wives and overseas transfer 9
• The changing role of the wife within the family in
Japan 11
• The Status of housewives in Japan 17
• Summary 19
3. Overseas transfer to the UK 20
• The history of Japanese manufacturing and financial
institutions 20
• Infrastructure catering to the Japanese Community in
the UK 25
• Summary 29
4. What overseas transfer means to wives 31
• Women s reactions to their husband s transfer to the
UK 31
• Women s concerns about transfer to the UK 35
• Allowances and financial benefits provided by
husband s Company 39
• Practical assistance from Japanese companies 44
• Women s perceptions of their housing in the UK 46
• Women s perceptions of the cost of living 48
• Quality of family life 49
• Summary 53
vi The Japanese Housewife Overseas
5. Japanese housewives roles in the UK: caring for
the family and maintaining links with Japan 55
• Women s perceptions of their housewife role while
living in the UK 55
• Creating a home environment by maintaining
traditions of the home country 59
• Caring for the family s health 64
• Gift giving and managing a husband s personal and
business relationships 65
• Maintaining good relationships with neighbours 67
• Managing the family finances 68
• Care of elderly relatives 71
• Summary 74
Photographs 75
6. Japanese housewives roles in the UK: Care of
young children and education 75
• Care of pre-school children 75
• Mothers role in choice of school and enabling child
to settle into school life 84
• School run and homework - increased bürden for
mothers 90
• PTA - less bürden for mothers and increased
involvement of fathers 91
• Mothers roles in the Japanese Education of their
children and the increased participation of fathers 96
• Summary 101
7. Life outside the connnes of housewife :
enriching aspects of overseas transfer 104
• Women s activities beyond housewife roles in the UK 104
• Women and their Japanese friends in the UK 106
• Factors making the acquisition of non-Japanese
friends difficult for Japanese women 109
• Women and non-Japanese friends in the UK 112
• Volunteer activities and ambassador roles 114
• Summary 117
8. Effect of overseas transfer on wives 119
• Appreciation of the positive and negative aspects of
the UK as host country 119
• A new awareness of positive and negative aspects of
the home country 121
Contents vii
• Influence on world view 122
• How seeing Japan from the outside causes women to
reassess aspects of their own culture and behaviour 125
• An increased awareness of and pride in
Japanese identity 132
• Summary 133
9. Conclusion 135
• Significance of transience for women 136
• UK as a welcoming host country to Japan 137
• Japanese wives and long-term positive influence on
British attitudes towards Japan 139
• Opportunity for other family members and friends 139
• Women s long-term view of benefits for their children 140
• The role of the Japanese wife in the overseas
transfer process 143
Bibliography 146
Index 156
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Contents
Plate section faces page 86
Acknowledgements viii
1. Introduction 1
• Participants and methodology 3
• Structure of the book 7
2. Salarymen, their wives and overseas transfer 9
• The changing role of the wife within the family in
Japan 11
• The Status of housewives in Japan 17
• Summary 19
3. Overseas transfer to the UK 20
• The history of Japanese manufacturing and financial
institutions 20
• Infrastructure catering to the Japanese Community in
the UK 25
• Summary 29
4. What overseas transfer means to wives 31
• Women's reactions to their husband's transfer to the
UK 31
• Women's concerns about transfer to the UK 35
• Allowances and financial benefits provided by
husband's Company 39
• Practical assistance from Japanese companies 44
• Women's perceptions of their housing in the UK 46
• Women's perceptions of the cost of living 48
• Quality of family life 49
• Summary 53
vi The Japanese Housewife Overseas
5. Japanese housewives' roles in the UK: caring for
the family and maintaining links with Japan 55
• Women's perceptions of their housewife role while
living in the UK 55
• Creating a home environment by maintaining
traditions of the home country 59
• Caring for the family's health 64
• Gift giving and managing a husband's personal and
business relationships 65
• Maintaining good relationships with neighbours 67
• Managing the family finances 68
• Care of elderly relatives 71
• Summary 74
Photographs 75
6. Japanese housewives' roles in the UK: Care of
young children and education 75
• Care of pre-school children 75
• Mothers' role in choice of school and enabling child
to settle into school life 84
• School run and homework - increased bürden for
mothers 90
• PTA - less bürden for mothers and increased
involvement of fathers 91
• Mothers' roles in the Japanese Education of their
children and the increased participation of fathers 96
• Summary 101
7. Life outside the connnes of 'housewife':
enriching aspects of overseas transfer 104
• Women's activities beyond housewife roles in the UK 104
• Women and their Japanese friends in the UK 106
• Factors making the acquisition of non-Japanese
friends difficult for Japanese women 109
• Women and non-Japanese friends in the UK 112
• Volunteer activities and ambassador roles 114
• Summary 117
8. Effect of overseas transfer on wives 119
• Appreciation of the positive and negative aspects of
the UK as host country 119
• A new awareness of positive and negative aspects of
the home country 121
Contents vii
• Influence on world view 122
• How seeing Japan from the outside causes women to
reassess aspects of their own culture and behaviour 125
• An increased awareness of and pride in
Japanese identity 132
• Summary 133
9. Conclusion 135
• Significance of transience for women 136
• UK as a welcoming host country to Japan 137
• Japanese wives and long-term positive influence on
British attitudes towards Japan 139
• Opportunity for other family members and friends 139
• Women's long-term view of benefits for their children 140
• The role of the Japanese wife in the overseas
transfer process 143
Bibliography 146
Index 156 |
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