Communication ETDs

Publication Date

Spring 5-3-2022

Abstract

In this study, I documented and examined U.S.-based Japanese men’s narratives about their day-to-day experiences in and across online dating contexts. Through the analysis of narratives, I critiqued how multilayered differences (i.e., race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and more) working with dominant social structures affect their everyday experiences within the spectrum of power, privilege, and marginalization in the transnational space. Specifically, the overarching purposes and goals of this study were to better understand U.S.-based Japanese men’s online dating experiences and to critique the relationalities of how Japanese men’s narratives (i.e., micro-level context) and their beliefs/attitudes within and between cultural communities (i.e., meso-level context) allude to the macro-level structures of power such as whiteness, Japaneseness, hegemonic masculinity, patriarchy, cisheteronormativity, and capitalism. Overall, this study elucidated the historical continuum of power and politics of identity, culture, and space/place pertaining to U.S.-based Japanese men through the lens of Critical Intercultural Communication research.

Language

English

Keywords

Critical Intercultural Communication, Online Dating, Japaneseness, Intersectionality, Critical Reflexivity, Queer Analytic

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Communication

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Department of Communication and Journalism

First Committee Member (Chair)

Shinsuke Eguchi

Second Committee Member

Ilia Rodríguez

Third Committee Member

Yangsun Hong

Fourth Committee Member

Rona T. Halualani

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