Housewives of Japan

An Ethnography of Real Lives and Consumerized Domesticity

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US | e druk, 2012
ISBN13: 9781349342884
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Palgrave Macmillan US e druk, 2012 9781349342884
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Drawing on a unique ethnographic inquiry, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni explores the complexities of the relationship between socially and culturally constructed roles bestowed on Japanese women by a variety of state agents, including the market and the media, and the 'real' lives of these women.

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ISBN13:9781349342884
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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PART I: A COLLABORATIVE QUEST FOR UNDERSTANDING 'SENGYO SHUFU' Intertext I Entering the Field: Joining Mariko's Introspective Journey Intertext II The Postwar 'Professional Housewife' and the Japanese State PART II: THE WOMEN OF ROYAL HEIGHTS Intertext III On 'Naturally' Becoming Housewives Intertext IV 'Guarding the House': Men as Breadwinners, Women as Housewives Intertext V A New Housewife Is Born? Discourses of Class and Change in Royal Heights PART III: HOUSEWIVES AS WOMEN IN POST-BUBBLE JAPAN Intertext VI The New Happy Housewife of Post-Bubble Japan Intertext VII Wrapping up: Housewives as the 'Winners'? Intertext VIII
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