Screen LibraryThe Japanese family in transition : from the professional housewife ideal to the dilemmas of choice /
"In 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburban community, interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Their research led to Japan's New Middle Class, a classic work on the sociology of Japan. Now, Suzanne Hall Vogel's compelling sequel traces...
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Asia/Pacific/perspectives
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| Summary: |
"In 1958, Suzanne and Ezra Vogel embedded themselves in a Tokyo suburban community, interviewing six middle-class families regularly for a year. Their research led to Japan's New Middle Class, a classic work on the sociology of Japan. Now, Suzanne Hall Vogel's compelling sequel traces the evolution of Japanese society over the past fifty years through the lives of three of these ordinary yet remarkable women and their daughters and granddaughters. Vogel contends that the role of the professional housewife constrained Japanese middle-class women in the postwar era--and yet it empowered them a |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781442221710 (hardback : alkaline paper) : 1442221712 (cloth : alkaline paper) 1442221720 (electronic) 9781442221727 (electronic) |
| Index Number: | HQ682 |
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D731.386.8 D731.381 |
| Call Number: | D731.381/V879 |
| Contents: | The postwar ideal -- Mrs. Tanaka: embracing the role -- Mrs. Itou: resisting the role -- Mrs. Suzuki: power and submission -- New strains. |