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Dynamics of Interethnic marriages : the case of Korean-Japanese couples Piper, Nicola 43757 Marriage Koreans in Japan migration gender inter-ethnic patriarchy sexual division of labour 関西大学 Kansai University Since the mid-20th century, a dramatic rise in the number of international marriages can be observed, with Japan being one of the host countries to increasing numbers of international couples, adding to the various types of inter-ethnic relationships already present among its minority populations. Most research that has dealt with international marriage derives from the context of well-educated, middle-class couples in Japan, focusing on cultural aspects and marital everyday life. Not much has been written about the wider, socio-economic and historical framework establishing links between lived personal experience and broader social factors. Macro-and micro-level forces that affect cross-cultural relations are often not linked up. In order to understand the dynamics of marriages in general and "mixed" marriages in particular from a gender perspective, the main argument here is that inter-ethnic marriages need to be contextualized with two main analytical frameworks : 1. patriarchy and 2. the sexual division of labour, both in their crossborder links. Occurrence of, and the possible marital problems in, cross-cultural marriages are to a larger extent related to gender differences and global patriarchal structures than to ethnicity or "racialisation" The specific context of Korean-Japanese couples constitutes the empirical focus of this article. A distinction needs to be made between the "oldcomer" and "newcomer" Korean residents and their specific historical background. Overall, in this article, inter-ethnic marriage is contextualized with a gendered analysis of socioeconomic development and labour migration, set within the framework of the global political economy and the global patriarchal system. departmental bulletin paper 関西大学社会学部 2000-03-25 VoR application/pdf 関西大学社会学部紀要 2-3 31 175 195 AN00046982 02876817 https://kansai-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/18333/files/KU-1100-20000325-04.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10112/00022381 https://kansai-u.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/18333 eng