Title: I'm married to your company! : everyday voices of Japanese women /
Authors: Itō, Masako, 1939-; Adachi, Nobuko; Stanlaw, James
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Women Japan.; Wives Effect of husband's employment on Japan.; Sex role Japan
Abstract: "This book offers a unique window into Japanese culture and language. Highlighting the overlooked world of the "silent majority," the housewives and mothers who are the mainstay of Japanese society, this work tells the stories of ordinary women in their own voices. An annotated translation of a Japanese bestseller, the volume explores the daily communication of Japanese women and what their words tell us about their relationship and lives in a globalized, postindustrial, yet still often male-dominated Japan."
Contents: Marriage and tradition -- Men -- Ourselves -- Other women -- Families, parents, and parents-in-law -- Life and society -- Women's social roles and our behavior in men's society -- Social attitudes toward women -- How we are seen -- What I want to be -- How society should be -- Married life -- Social issues -- Nature and beauty.