Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520235052)

"White debunks the idealized image of the Japanese family held by many Americans as the exemplar of traditional family values--stable, dutiful, homogeneous, harmonious. This is also the 'official image' promoted by state, the media, and other institutions. Instead, White shows that families in Japan are as diverse, complex and contested as ours. She exposes the struggle of individuals and families as they negotiate the gap between the ideal and the realities of the post-industrial world of the twenty-first century."--Arlene Skolnick, author of "Embattled Paradise: The American Family in an Age of Uncertainty"
"Japanese politicians have pronounced the declining birthrate a national crisis. White gives us an enlightening bolt of reality, showing how Japanese families are really coping with the enormous changes surrounding them. Creative new patterns in dealing with the elderly, shopping, young people living at home, and married couples who continue to have an average of two or more children, are explored in depth."--Ezra Vogel, Henry Ford II Research Professor at Harvard and author of "Is Japan Still Number One? "

Author: Merry White
ISBN-10: 0520235053
ISBN-13: 9780520235052
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 09/02/2002
Pages: 265
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.38w x 0.66d