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The Modern Family in Japan - (Japanese Society (Paperback)) by Chizuko Ueno (Paperback)

The Modern Family in Japan - (Japanese Society (Paperback)) by  Chizuko Ueno (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Translation of: Kindai kazoku no seiritsu to shuen (Iwanami Shoten, 1994).<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.

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