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Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife (Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes)

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Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife (Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes)

While the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. In this first ethnographic study of the politics of the average female citizen in Japan, Robin LeBlanc argues that this taxi-bicycle contrast reaches deeply into Japanese society.

To study the relationship between gender and liberal democratic citizenship, LeBlanc conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in suburban Tokyo among housewives, volunteer groups, consumer cooperative movements, and the members of a committee to reelect a female Diet member who used her own housewife status as the key to victory. LeBlanc argues that contrary to popular perception, Japanese housewives are ultimately not without a political world.

Full of new and stimulating material, engagingly written, and deft in its weaving of theoretical perspectives with field research, this study will not only open up new dialogues between gender theory and broader social science concerns but also provide a superb introduction to politics in Japan as a whole.

Country	USA
Author	Robin M. LeBlanc
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520920613
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	263
PublicationDate	1999-03-05
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	1999-03-05
Studio	University of California Press

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