The politics of international marriage in Japan

Author(s)

• Kim, Viktoriya
• Balgoa, Nelia G.
• Yamamoto, Beverley

Bibliographic Information

The politics of international marriage in Japan

Viktoriya Kim, Nelia G. Balgoa, Beverley Anne Yamamoto

（The politics of marriage and gender : global issues in local contexts / series editor, Péter Berta）

Rutgers University Press, c2022

• : paperback

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-173) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book provides an in-depth exploration and analysis of marriages between Japanese nationals and migrants from three broad ethnic/cultural groups - spouses from the former Soviet Union countries, the Philippines, and Western countries. It reveals how the marriage migrants navigate the intricacies and trajectories of their marriages with Japanese people while living in Japan. Seen from the lens of 'gendered geographies of power', the book explores how state-level politics and policies towards marriage, migration, and gender affect the personal power politics in operation within the relationships of these international couples. Overall, the book discusses how ethnic identity intersects with gender in the negotiation of spaces and power relations between and amongst couples; and the role states and structural inequalities play in these processes, resulting in a reconfiguration of our notions of what international marriages are and how powerful gender and the state are in understanding the power relations in these unions.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures Series Foreword by Peter Berta Introduction. The Politics of International Marriage in Japan 1 Cross-Border Marriage Studies Through the 'Lens' 2 Historical Roots and Contemporary Changes in International Marriages 3 Who Marries Whom? 4 The Politics of Love: Migration Regimes, Individuals and Images 5 Spaces for Negotiation 6 Choices and Constraints 7 Parents' Strategies to Raise Bilingual/Bicultural Children 8 International Divorce Politics and Transnational Strategies of Spouses Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BC14492091
• ISBN:
  • 9781978809017
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Brunswick
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 179 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1032
  • DC23 : 306.84/50952
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Intercountry marriage -- Japan
  • LCSH : Foreign spouses -- Japan
  • LCSH : Interracial couples -- Japan
  • LCSH : Japan -- Social policy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BC14173344