Akogare, ideology, and 'charisma man' mythology: Reflections on ethnographic research in English language schools in Japan

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 585-608

  Bailey, Keiron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Akogare; Dialectics of positionality; Occidentalism; Romantic fantasy; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; GENDER RELATIONS; GENDER ROLE; IDEOLOGY; LANGUAGE; SEXUALITY; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34648846444     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690701562438     Document Type: Article

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