Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan

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 book explores the dynamic nature of Japanese women's lives during the early modern era.

Table des matières

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction
1. Filial Piety
2. Self-Cultivation
3. Marriage
4. Motherhood
5. Succession
6. Retirement
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

A propos de l'auteur

Marcia Yonemoto is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Colorado Boulder and author of Mapping Early Modern Japan: Space, Place, and Culture in the Tokugawa Period (1603–1868).

Résumé

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 book explores the dynamic nature of Japanese women's lives during the early modern era.

Texte suppl.

"Yonemoto’s many insights into her materials and her skillfully constructed arguments provide ample evidence that she has thought long and hard about the problem of women in early modern Japan... I urge my friends and colleagues in Japanese history to read this book, to recommend it to their students, and to incorporate into their work its message regarding the centrality of women to an understanding of history."

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Marcia Yonemoto, Yonemoto Marcia
• Edition: University Of California Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780520292000
• ISBN: 978-0-520-29200-0
• Pages: 304
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Thèmes: Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes; Asia: Local Studies / Global T; Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Préparation de l'enseignement > Formation professionnelle; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Japan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, HISTORY / Women, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Gender studies: women and girls, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700