Japan : the childless society ? : the crisis of motherhood

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Japan : the childless society ? : the crisis of motherhood

Muriel Jolivet ; translated by Anne-Marie Glasheen

Routledge, 1997

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  • : pbk

Other Title

Un pays en mal d'enfants

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Note

Reprint. Originally published as Un pays en mal d'enfants: Éditions La Découverte, c1993

Bibliography: p. [227]-234

Includes index

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Description

Disillusioned by long hours at home alone and by demands from the older generation, Japanese women are marrying later, resulting in a sharp decline in the Japanese birth rate. Muriel Jolivet considers the reasons why Japanese women are finding it increasingly difficult to accept the terms and conditions of motherhood. Japan: The Childless Society explores the major factors contributing to maternal malaise in Japan including: * the 'Ten Commandments of the Good Mother' * the changing role of the father * education and careers * nostalgia from older generations Drawing on extensive interviews with Japanese women and translated into English for the first time, this innovative study examines the implications behind the declining birth rate and looks towards the future of a country that is in danger of becoming a 'childless society'.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Young mothers in a dilemma
  • Chapter 2 Why have children?
  • Chapter 3 Fathers
  • Chapter 4 The ten commandments of the good mother
  • Chapter 5 The nostalgia for yesterday's mothers
  • Chapter 6 Demographic malaise
  • Chapter 7 The new order
  • Chapter 8 The achievement of working mothers
  • By way of a conclusion

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  • NCID
    BA29580788
  • ISBN
    • 0415146461
    • 041514647X
  • LCCN
    96026036
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    fre
  • Place of Publication
    London ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 244 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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