Essays about: "Japanese women"

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1. 1. Expressing deference and intimacy concurrently with honorifics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Patrik Lindqvist Rombe; [2023]
   Keywords : ssu; shinkeigo; honorifics; politeness; Japanese language; intimacy; deference; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study is about ssu, a potential norm breaking honorific which reportedly can express intimacy and deference concurrently. While expressing intimacy and deference concurrently is incompatible with Brown and Levinson’s (1978 as cited in Hasegawa, 2015) politeness theory, Hasegawa (2015) provides a modification of their theory that allows for it. READ MORE

3. 2. Babies on a Budget: How the Cost of Child-Rearing Affects Fertility in Japan

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Malkolm Banker; Malin Lundblad; [2023]
   Keywords : fertility; family planning; panel data; child-rearing costs; child penalty;

   Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between child-rearing costs and fertility in Japan. Using panel data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers, we investigate the issue through two distinct approaches. Firstly, we construct a proxy for expected child-rearing costs and attempt to find a link to the propensity of having children. READ MORE

4. 3. QUEER JAPANESE. The modern-day language usage of Japanese LGBTQ+ people

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Lisa Bendall; [2022-01-25]
   Keywords : japanska; Linguistics; sociolinguistics; queer; LGBTQ; Japanese; analysis;

   Abstract : Gendered language is a well-known feature of Japanese, but how is it applied by a speaker who does not fit the cisgender or heteronormative standards in society? In a 2010 study, Hideko Abe published a book titled Queer Japanese, which addressed this exact question. Although incredibly thorough and informative, the book is now over a decade old, and the findings may no longer be accurate. READ MORE

5. 4. Land of the Rising Women? Estimating the Effect of Gender Culture on Regional Variations in Female Labour Force Participation in Japan

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Rasmus Salén; Jakob Ringberg; [2022]
   Keywords : female labor force participation; gender culture; regional differences; instrumental variable estimation; latent variable;

   Abstract : This paper analyses the explanatory power of differences in gender culture on persistent regional variations in female labour force participation across Japan. The phenomenon is scarcely studied, and establishing causality has never been the subject of research. READ MORE

6. 5. Kvinnors frigörelse från familjen : en inblick i Japans familjestruktur och dess inverkan på befolkningsutvecklingen

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Lovisa Segersvärd; [2022]
   Keywords : familjestruktur; Japan; könsroller; befolkningsutveckling; avfolkning; landsbygd;

   Abstract : Denna uppsats handlar om hur Japans familjestruktur har förändrats sedan slutet av andra världskriget samt dess möjliga påverkan på landsbygden. Undersökningen gjordes genom en litteraturstudie där en bok om avfolkningsproblematiken i Japan samt ett antal vetenskapliga artiklar skrivna av Japanexperter har använts. READ MORE