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A poll for international couples (mainly for guys)
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blue jay



Joined: 03 Aug 2004
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Location: Vancouver, formerly Osaka, Japan
PostPosted: Thu Sep 16, 2004 4:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is a good list of books about Family and Women's Issues in Japan:

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/9151/books/cultubooks.html#4

This list deals with books about Japanese women through history:

http://www.library.umass.edu/subject/easian/pathfinders/jwomenpath.html

This is an example of a book about the new emerging image of Japanese women:

http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/6700.html

This is a book review of a book written about Japanese women with "western dreams":

http://wwwsshe.murdoch.edu.au/intersections/issue8/mclelland_review.html

A long list of books about Japanese women:

http://www.japanorama.com/women.html

Well I could go on forever listing possible book suggestions but this one will be my last:

http://www.links.net/vita/trip/japan/media/bukz/modernmadamebutterfly/

(I'm a former ESL Teacher now studying to be a Librarian..)

I hope some these books help in some way..
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taikibansei



Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Posts: 811
Location: Japan
PostPosted: Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
blue jay wrote:
Well I could go on forever listing possible book suggestions but this one will be my last:

http://www.links.net/vita/trip/japan/media/bukz/modernmadamebutterfly/

I hope some these books help in some way..


A great list, but I think your last book was the best one--I strongly recommend it to anyone (male or female/Japanese or non) considering an international marriage. My copy is in my office; however, if I remember correctly, she found three common qualities in the successful couples: shared language ability (i.e., both spouses could speak the other's language fluently), realistic expectations beforehand, and stable employment. Indeed, the latter is why I think many foreigners (especially the men--who are still expected to be the main providers) living in Japan suffer--it's a bit difficult to maintain stable employment in the "land of falling EFL salaries and short-term contracts." One of the reasons I took my current job in the States was because of the marital stress caused by trying to ensure my continued employment in Japan--ten years in Japan, including six years teaching at a national university, had left me emotionally exhausted and just a bit of a workaholic. Not a good combination for marital bliss, let me tell you.....
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