Transition Process of Non-elite Young Women in terms of "Femininity"

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780475
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University (2016-2017); Kanazawa University (2014-2015)
• Principal Investigator: SUGITA Mai 首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, 准教授 (50532321)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 教育学 / ジェンダー / セクシュアリティ / 移行

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study illustrated the way the non-elite young women struggled to create their own lives despite being heavily constrained by destabilized contemporary Japanese society, based on the interview research. The study described how they were expected to perform the ‘femininity’ by the society and were conflicted about that, in the process of that struggle. The study also highlighted the important fact that they created and maintained the modest network among them.

Free Research Field

教育社会学