Japanese Migrant Women in Sydney

In recent years, there have been important
developments in migration scholarship. There is the
recognition of migrant networks in facilitating
migration. Migration is also no longer the exclusive
domain of men, as women are observed to play an
active role in organizing their own migration.
However, emphasis on migrant networks obscures how
migrants maintain active involvement with the people
and places they have left behind, and hence,
create identities and belongingness that span
national borders. There is also little research on
Japanese migrant women, in view of the rising
trend of Japanese women venturing overseas for
better socio-economic opportunities. In Sydney,
Japanese migrant women comprise two-thirds of
Japanese permanent residents. This book discusses
the migration and cross-cultural experiences of
these women how they create transnational social
spaces, shape new identities, and forge
belongingness embedded in networks of familial and
social relationships that connect them
simultaneously to Japan and Australia. This analysis
would be a useful point of reference for scholars of
migration, culture, gender, and diasporas.

Autorentext
Adelyn Lim is a social science graduate from the University of
New South Wales. She is currently a doctoral student at the
Department of Anthropology at the Australian National
University.

Klappentext
In recent years, there have been important developments in migration scholarship. There is the recognition of migrant networks in facilitating migration. Migration is also no longer the exclusive domain of men, as women are observed to play an active role in organizing their own migration. However, emphasis on migrant networks obscures how migrants maintain active involvement with the people and places they have left behind, and hence, create identities and belongingness that span national borders. There is also little research on Japanese migrant women, in view of the rising trend of Japanese women venturing overseas for better socio-economic opportunities. In Sydney, Japanese migrant women comprise two-thirds of Japanese permanent residents. This book discusses the migration and cross-cultural experiences of these women - how they create transnational social spaces, shape new identities, and forge belongingness embedded in networks of familial and social relationships that connect them simultaneously to Japan and Australia. This analysis would be a useful point of reference for scholars of migration, culture, gender, and diasporas.