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ROSE SAMUEL
Department Department of Sociology, Faculty of Letters Position Associate Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2011/05 |
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| Title | Male Native English-speaking Teachers Living in Greater Tokyo: An Autoethnographic Analysis |
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| Journal | Digital Thesis and Project Room: Athabasca University |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | Athabasca University |
| Volume, Issue, Page | pp.1-39 |
| Details | A male native English-speaking teacher will be able to live successfully in Greater Tokyo if he is able to associate this megalopolis as being (1) a place where he has developed strong intimate relationships; (2) a place that is perceived to be safe and economically beneficial; and (3) a place where sociocultural expectations are perceived to be non-invasive and moderately liberating at the same time. This proposition is based on a combination of critical analysis of ten participant questionnaires and autoethnographic research. Eight males currently living in Tokyo and two males no longer living here were selected for this project. Although this research cannot claim to be a formal representation of the subculture being studied, it did unearth a variety of sociocultural phenomena. |