Transcending Self and Other Through Akogare [Desire] : : The English Language and the Internationalization of Higher Education in Japan / / Chisato Nonaka.

The Japanese concept of akogare has become well known in TESOL-related literature in recent years, usually in the context of interracial sexual desire. In this far-reaching new study of the internationalization of Japanese Higher Education, Chisato Nonaka uses akogare as both an analytical lens and...

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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:New Perspectives on Language and Education
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Akogare and My Study Participants
  • 3. Akogare in Academic Literature and the Akogare
  • 4. Methodology
  • 5. Akogare and Gender
  • 6. Akogare and Precarious 'Japan'
  • 7. Akogare and Japanese Higher Education Today
  • 8. Conclusion and Future Implications
  • Appendix A: Questionnaire for Japanese University Students
  • Appendix B: Questionnaire for Japanese University Faculty
  • Appendix C: Visual and Textual Aids for Akogare
  • Appendix D: Questionnaire/Interview Participants (Faculty: m = 35, f = 22)
  • Appendix E: Questionnaire/Interview Participants (Students: m = 30, f = 45)
  • Appendix F: The Students' Choice of Ideal Mother Country (with Reasons) and Overseas Experience
  • Appendix G: Face-To-Face Interview Participants' (Students) Responses to the Miyamoto Case/Japaneseness Ideals and Overseas Experience
  • Appendix H: Notes on Recruiting Study Participants
  • Appendix I: Notes on Methods and Analysis Used
  • References
  • Index