Housewives of Japan [electronic resource] : An Ethnography of Real Lives and Consumerized Domesticity /
Goldstein-Gidoni, O.author.
Drawing on a unique ethnographic inquiry, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni explores the complexities of the relationship between socially and culturally constructed roles bestowed on Japanese women by a variety of state agents, including the market and the media, and the 'real' lives of these women.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. A collaborative quest for understanding "Sengyō Shufu" -- pt. 2. The women of royal heights -- pt. 3. Housewives as women in postbubble Japan.
Drawing on a unique ethnographic inquiry, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni explores the complexities of the relationship between socially and culturally constructed roles bestowed on Japanese women by a variety of state agents, including the market and the media, and the 'real' lives of these women.
Social groups.
Family.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Anthropology.
Ethnology.
Sociology.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Gender Studies.
Social Anthropology.