Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval

Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval (Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power Book 14)

Are Japanese families in crisis? In this dynamic and substantive study, Merry Isaacs White looks back at two key moments of "family making" in the past hundred yearsâ€”the Meiji era and postwar periodâ€”to see how models for the Japanese family have been constructed. The models had little to do with families of their eras and even less to do with families today, she finds. She vividly portrays the everyday reality of a range of families: young married couples who experience fleeting togetherness until the first child is born; a family separated by job shifts; a family with a grandmother as babysitter; a marriage without children.
Country USA
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2002-09-02
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2002-09-02
Format	Kindle eBook

Perfectly Japanese: Making Families in an Era of Upheaval (Twentieth Century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power Book 14)