Women and family in contemporary Japan
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Women and family in contemporary Japan
Cambridge University Press, 2010
- : hardback
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-231) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Japanese women, singled out for their commitment to the role of housewife and mother, are now postponing marriage and bearing fewer children. Japan has become one of the least fertile and fastest aging countries in the world. Why are so many Japanese women opting out of family life? To answer this question, the author draws on in-depth interviews and extensive survey data to examine Japanese mothers' perspectives and experiences of marriage, parenting, and family life. The goal is to understand how, as introspective, self-aware individuals, these women interpret and respond to the barriers and opportunities afforded within the structural and ideological contexts of contemporary Japan. The findings suggest a need for changes in the structure of the workplace and the education system to provide women with the opportunity to find a fulfilling balance of work and family life.
Table of Contents
- 1. 'Good wives, wise mothers': parenting and family life in cultural context
- 2. Locating the research in space and time
- 3. What is a wise mother?
- 4. Hansei: the process of self-reflection
- 5. Memories of childhood
- 6. Husbands: crucial partners or peripheral strangers?
- 7. Shitsuke: the art of childrearing
- 8. Maternal involvement in children's schooling
- 9. Balancing work and family life
- 10. Women and family life: ideology, experience and agency.
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