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Necktie Nightmare: Narrating Gender In Contemporary Japan, Vera C. Mackie
Necktie Nightmare: Narrating Gender In Contemporary Japan, Vera C. Mackie
Vera Mackie
...the thing I hated most of all was the necktie.When I wore a necktie, there was just no doubt that I was a man.The image was of a salaryman! The mainstay of the house! The symbol of manhood! These are the words of Nomachi Mineko in the autobiographical account of her transition from male to female. The book (adapted from a blog) appeared in late 2006 under the title O-kama dakedo OL yattemasu (I'm Queer But I'm An Office Lady). The book's publication coincided with a range of mainstream representations of trans-gendered lives - in television dramas, documentaries, memoirs and …
The Gender Fault-Line, Ayako Kano, Vera C. Mackie
The Gender Fault-Line, Ayako Kano, Vera C. Mackie
Vera Mackie
The economic, demographic and environmental shocks of recent years that have so profoundly shaped contemporary Japanese society have distinctive gendered dimensions. The economic reality has shifted, but social expectations about the roles of men and women have been slower to change. Meanwhile, the demographic crisis is placing considerable burden on families and revealing the attendant risk of the ‘care deficit’ — in the home and in the face of disaster.
Shanghai Dancers: Gender, Coloniality And The Modern Girl, Vera C. Mackie
Shanghai Dancers: Gender, Coloniality And The Modern Girl, Vera C. Mackie
Vera Mackie
In 1924, the artist Yamamura K6ka (1885-1942) produced a colour woodcut depicting the dance hall of the New Carlton Hotel in Shanghai. In this print, two women are seated at a round table. One has bobbed hair; the other wears a red hat. Both wear western dress, but the embroidered jacket draped on one of the chairs suggests the fashion for Chinoiserie. Two cocktail glasses on the table contain red cherries. Several couples dance in the background of the picture, the women all with similar bobbed hair. The male dancing partners are barely visible and the women are seen from …