{"product_id":"women-and-democracy-in-cold-jan-bardsley-9781474269278","title":"Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan","description":"\u003ci\u003eWomen and Democracy in Cold War Japan \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a fresh perspective on gender politics by focusing on the Japanese housewife of the 1950s as a controversial representation of democracy, leisure, and domesticity. Examining the shifting personae of the housewife, especially in the appealing texts of women's magazines, reveals the diverse possibilities of postwar democracy as they were embedded in media directed toward Japanese women. Each chapter explores the contours of a single controversy, including debate over the royal wedding in 1959, the victory of Japan's first Miss Universe, and the unruly desires of postwar women. Jan Bardsley also takes a comparative look at the ways in which the Japanese housewife is measured against equally stereotyped notions of the modern housewife in the United States, asking how both function as narratives of Japan-U.S. relations and gender\/class containment during the early Cold War.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Bardsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474269273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474269278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d","brand":"Jan Bardsley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44201894117631,"sku":"9781474269278","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e191fab-94f8-4f97-9d15-681a18e712a7.jpg?v=1691492045","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/women-and-democracy-in-cold-jan-bardsley-9781474269278","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}