| The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan: Volume 31 Contributor(s): Yonemoto, Marcia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520292006 ISBN-13: 9780520292000 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $69.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Japan - History | Women - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 305.409 |
| LCCN: 2016015752 |
| Series: Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.33 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Early modern Japan was a military-bureaucratic state governed by patriarchal and patrilineal principles and laws. During this time, however, women had considerable power to directly affect social structure, political practice, and economic production. This apparent contradiction between official norms and experienced realities lies at the heart of The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan. Examining prescriptive literature and instructional manuals for women--as well as diaries, memoirs, and letters written by and about individual women from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century--Marcia Yonemoto explores the dynamic nature of Japanese women's lives during the early modern era. |