Chisato Nonaka is an Associate Professor in the International Student Center, Kyushu University, Japan. Her research interests include issues of linguistic, racial, ethnic, national, class and gender-related identities, particularly in transnational education contexts.

Acknowledgements      

Abstract              

Foreword           

Table of Contents           

List of Tables     

List of Figures   

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Akogare and My Study Participants  

Chapter 3. Akogare in Academic Literature and the Akogare Theoretical Framework    

Chapter 4. Methodology             

Chapter 5. Akogare and Gender               

Chapter 6. Akogare and Precarious "Japan"        

Chapter 7. Akogare and Japanese Higher Education Today           

Chapter 8. Conclusion and Future Implications

Appendix

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