Japanese Family in Transition - From the Professional Housewife Ideal to the Dilemmas of Choice

These gripping biographies poignantly illustrate the strengths and the vulnerabilities of professional housewives and of families facing social change and economic uncertainty in contemporary Japan.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Postwar Ideal
Chapter 2: Mrs. Tanaka: Embracing the Role
Chapter 3: Mrs. Itou: Resisting the Role
Chapter 4: Mrs. Suzuki: Power and Submission
Chapter 5: New Strains

About the author

By Suzanne Hall Vogel - With Steven K. Vogel

Summary

These gripping biographies poignantly illustrate the strengths and the vulnerabilities of professional housewives and of families facing social change and economic uncertainty in contemporary Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne Hall Vogel
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2016
• EAN: 9781442252752
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5275-2
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Asia/Pacific/Perspectives; Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, HISTORY / Women, Sociology: family & relationships, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: family and relationships, asian studies;japan studies