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The Modern Family in Japan: Its Rise and Fall
Contributor(s): Ueno, Chizuko (Author)
ISBN: 1876843624     ISBN-13: 9781876843625
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
OUR PRICE:   $33.20  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2009
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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
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family
- Social Science | Gender Studies
Dewey: 306.8
Series: Japanese Society (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.95 lbs) 283 pages
 
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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.