I'm Married to the Company!
Subtitle: Everyday Voices of Japanese Women
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: November 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780742554641
Subjects: Women's Studies - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Social Science; Gender Studies; Japan; Women; Sociology
Description: "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."

"Readers will find that many issues explored here are universal to women everywhere, while others are specific to Japan. With added cultural context and commentary, the book offers a fresh understanding of Japanese society, even for those who have had little exposure to Japan. Students in diverse fields, ranging from anthropology to women's studies and from communications to Asian studies, will find this an insightful and provocative work."--Jacket.