Prof. NAKANO Lynne Yukie

nakanoEducational Background

Ph.D. Anthropology, Yale University

 

Courses Offered

JASP 4601/4602 Field Research-Based Project I/II, Course Coordinator
JASP 1050 Field Research Methods
JASP 4110 Anthropological Studies of Japanese Culture
JASP5001 Theory and Research Methods in Japanese Studies
 

Research Interests

  1. Women and Gender Issues in Japan, Hong Kong and Shanghai
  2. Marriage and Life Choices
  3. Volunteerism and Civic Sphere in Japan
  4. Images of Fashion, Body and Beauty in Hong Kong and Japan

 

Research Projects

  1. Single Women and Delayed Marriage in Japan and Hong Kong: A Study of Changing Social Values
  2. Volunteerism in Japan: Identity, Social Order and National Culture
  3. Fashion, Body and Beauty: Influences of Japanese Fashion Magazines on Hong Kong Young Women
  4. Anthropology in Asia: Rethinking Cultures, Boundaries and Audiences

 

Selected Publications

  • "Working and Waiting for an 'Appropriate Person:' How Single Women Support and Resist Family in Japan." In Home and Family in Japan: Continuity and Transformation. Richard Ronald and Allison Alexy (eds). Routledge: London and New York.
  • Community Volunteers in Japan: Everyday Stories of Social Change. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon. 2005
  • Lynne Nakano and Moeko Wagatsuma. "Mothers and Daughters: An Intimate Look at Generational Change"In Japan's Changing Generations: Are Young People Creating a New Society?Gordon Mathews and Bruce White (eds.) London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon. 2003
  • "Single Japanese Women and Marriage Debates in Popular Culture" Contemporary Sociological Studies (gendai shakaigaku kenkyû)Hokkaido Shakai Gakkai. 14:203-206 summer 2001
  • "Volunteering as a Lifestyle Choice: Negotiating Self-Identities in Japan"Ethnology. 2000 Spring. 39(2):93-107