The Modern Family in Japan: Its Rise and Fall

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

Publisher: Trans Pacific Press

Publication Date: Apr 01, 2009

Number of Pages: 283 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1876843624

ISBN-13: 9781876843625