| The Modern Family in Japan: Its Rise and Fall Contributor(s): Ueno, Chizuko (Author) |
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ISBN: 187684356X ISBN-13: 9781876843564 Publisher: Trans Pacific Press OUR PRICE: $89.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2009 Annotation: This award-winning book brings together Chizuko Ueno's groundbreaking essays on the rise and fall of the modern family in Japan. Combining historical, sociological, anthropological, and journalistic methodologies, Ueno who is arguably the foremost femin |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Asia - Japan |
| Dewey: 306.8 |
| LCCN: 2009280165 |
| Series: Japanese Society |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (1.15 lbs) 283 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This award-winning book brings together Chizuko Ueno's groundbreaking essays on the rise and fall of the modern family in Japan. Combining historical, sociological, anthropological, and journalistic methodologies, Ueno - who is arguably the foremost feminist theoretician in Japan - delineates in vivid detail how the family has been changing in form and function in the last hundred years. In each chapter, Ueno introduces the reader to a different facet of modern Japanese family life, ranging from children who fantasize about being orphans to the elderly who confront 'pre-senescence.' The central focus is on the housewife - her history, her ever-changing responsibilities, her ways of surviving mid-life crisis. This is an indispensable book for students and scholars seeking to understand modern Japan. |
