Perfectly Japanese : making families in an era of upheaval /
Are Japanese families in crisis? In this dynamic and substantive study, Merry Isaacs White looks back at two key moments of ";family making"; in the past hundred years-the Meiji era and postwar period-to see how models for the Japanese family have been constructed. The models had little to...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2002
Berkeley, CA : [2002] |
| Series: | Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power ;
14 Twentieth-century Japan ; 14 |
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| Summary: | Are Japanese families in crisis? In this dynamic and substantive study, Merry Isaacs White looks back at two key moments of ";family making"; in the past hundred years-the Meiji era and postwar period-to see how models for the Japanese family have been constructed. The models had little to do with families of their eras and even less to do with families today, she finds. She vividly portrays the everyday reality of a range of families: young married couples who experience fleeting togetherness until the first child is born; a family separated by job shifts; a family with a grandmother as babysitter; a marriage without children Are Japanese families in crisis? In this study, Merry Isaacs White looks back at two key moments of 'family making' in the past hundred years - the Meiji era and postwar period - to see how models for the Japanese family have been constructed |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (265 pages) 1 online resource (x, 255 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0520217543 0520235053 0520936590 0585466106 1282762737 1597348015 661276273X 9780520217546 9780520235052 9780520936591 9780585466101 9781282762732 9781597348010 9786612762734 |
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