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Women In Changing Japan

By Lebra, Joyce C

Women In Changing Japan

By Lebra, Joyce C

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When one thinks of Japanese women, the eisha and submissive housewife come to mind. These were women living by a rigid, traditional feminine ideal, which defined woman as a being always dependent on man, a practice widely followed until the end of World War II. Japan's defeat and the subsequent American occupation was instrumental in re-defining woman for the first time as a * being, a person with the right to vote, to hold office, to own property, and entitled to divorce. But since law is not always identical with social practice, this book deals with women in a number of occupational categories to ascertain to what degree change is a reality and not wishful thinking. nHow far have Japanese women today diverged from the traditional ideal This is the question which twelve American women address in this volume. Each chapter is based on interviews with women in a different category.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
1976-06-19
Publication Date:
1976-06-19
Publisher:
Westview Press
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0891580190
Weight:
458 g
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