Blog #5
The worlds of two women are constantly being paralleled throughout the novel, My Year of Meats. Jane Takagi-Little is a Japanese-American producer for a program designed to bring American Culture to the homes of Japan. Akiko Ueno, a Japanese homemaker and wife, follows the program each week, cooking and acting like the American women that Jane features on “My American Wife!”
As Jane pushes the boundary of what “normal” American wives and families represent, Akiko slowly pushes her boundaries as her role of submissive and obedient wife. These two women continue to grow more and more close, and their similarities continue to surface, each woman finds in the other the aspects that they wish they had themselves. Jane's and Akiko's experiences in both American and Jpanese culture collide with struggles with fertility and the role of sex in their lives.
Jane has had the unfortunate incapability to conceive due to a deformity in her reproductive system. In contrast, Akiko's infertility has been a lifestyle choice because she has struggled with her weight which has affected her ability to menstrate. The more traditional roles of women in Japanese culture has hindered the desire for Akiko to have children with her abusive husband. Jane, growing up in America, has been more radical and has been allowed more opportunities for various lifestyles, but has also been unable to fulfill her desire to have children. The conditions of these women shows how the boundaries of cultures have blurred and the collision of these cultures.
Akiko's struggle with the desire to have sex with her husband and Jane's desire to have a sacred relationship with her lover, Sloan, are another way in which these cultures collide. Traditionally, Japanese women are not supposed to have the desire for sex, but to express love and loyalty for their husbands and also just used to have children and raise large families. Since Jane has the freedom to date and have sex with whoever she wants, it is harder for her to establish that bond and love in a relationship that she wants with Sloan.
As their interactions become more personal and frequent, these women share a bond that they don't even know they have.
As Jane pushes the boundary of what “normal” American wives and families represent, Akiko slowly pushes her boundaries as her role of submissive and obedient wife. These two women continue to grow more and more close, and their similarities continue to surface, each woman finds in the other the aspects that they wish they had themselves. Jane's and Akiko's experiences in both American and Jpanese culture collide with struggles with fertility and the role of sex in their lives.
Jane has had the unfortunate incapability to conceive due to a deformity in her reproductive system. In contrast, Akiko's infertility has been a lifestyle choice because she has struggled with her weight which has affected her ability to menstrate. The more traditional roles of women in Japanese culture has hindered the desire for Akiko to have children with her abusive husband. Jane, growing up in America, has been more radical and has been allowed more opportunities for various lifestyles, but has also been unable to fulfill her desire to have children. The conditions of these women shows how the boundaries of cultures have blurred and the collision of these cultures.
Akiko's struggle with the desire to have sex with her husband and Jane's desire to have a sacred relationship with her lover, Sloan, are another way in which these cultures collide. Traditionally, Japanese women are not supposed to have the desire for sex, but to express love and loyalty for their husbands and also just used to have children and raise large families. Since Jane has the freedom to date and have sex with whoever she wants, it is harder for her to establish that bond and love in a relationship that she wants with Sloan.
As their interactions become more personal and frequent, these women share a bond that they don't even know they have.
posted by Minda at 9/10/2006 03:10:00 PM
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