Women in medieval Japan : motherhood, household management and sexuality

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Women in medieval Japan : motherhood, household management and sexuality

Wakita Haruko ; translated by Alison Tokita

Monash Asia Institute , University of Tokyo Press, 2006

  • : Monash Asia Institute

Other Title

Nihon chūsei joseishi no kenkyū : seibetsu yakuwari buntan to bosei, kasei, seiai

日本中世女性史の研究 : 性別役割分担と母性・家政・性愛

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-218) and index

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Description

中世的な「家」や中世社会構造の分析に新たな視点を提示する。女性史研究をリードしてきた著者の主著『日本中世女性史の研究』を英訳。

Table of Contents

  • 1 The formation of the ie and the position of women:motherhood,household management and sexuality
  • 2 Changing views of women in medieval Japan:veneration of motherhood and women’s bad karma as seen in medieval texts
  • 3 Changing gender roles for medieval Japanese women:court attendant,vendor and nun
  • 4 The life cycle of housewife,townswoman,nun and itinerant
  • 5 Court ladies and the emperor,as seen in the Oyudono no ue diaries

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