The Modern Family in Japan: Its Rise and Fall (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781876843625)

This award-winning book brings together Chizuko Ueno's groundbreaking essays on the rise and fall of the modern family in Japan. Combining historical, sociological, anthropological, and journalistic methodologies, Ueno - who is arguably the foremost feminist theoretician in Japan - delineates in vivid detail how the family has been changing in form and function in the last hundred years. In each chapter, Ueno introduces the reader to a different facet of modern Japanese family life, ranging from children who fantasize about being orphans to the elderly who confront 'pre-senescence.' The central focus is on the housewife - her history, her ever-changing responsibilities, her ways of surviving mid-life crisis. This is an indispensable book for students and scholars seeking to understand modern Japan.

Author: Chizuko Ueno
ISBN-10: 1876843624
ISBN-13: 9781876843625
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2009
Pages: 283
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 137