Single Mothers in Contemporary Japan : Motherhood, Class, and Reproductive Practice 9781498529976, 9781498529969

Motherhood and Work in Contemporary Japan 1138943665, 9781138943667

This book explores the employment of Japanese women born in the 1960s and 1970s who experienced childbirth and raised ch

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Motherhood Memoirs: Mothers Creating/Writing Lives 9781927335161

The authors in this collection examine and critique motherhood memoir, along- side the texts of their own lives, while s

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The Social Economy of Single Motherhood 9780415947770

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Queering Family Trees: Race, Reproductive Justice, and Lesbian Motherhood 9781479866595

Argues that significant barriers to family-making exist for lesbian mothers of color in the United States One might be

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Unsung Heroines: Single Mothers and the American Dream 9780520939578

This compelling book destroys the derogatory images of single mothers that too often prevail in the media and in politic

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Social Class in Contemporary Japan: Structures, Sorting and Strategies 0415474752, 9780415474757

Post-war Japan was often held up as the model example of the first mature industrial societies outside the Western econo

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Motherhood in Contemporary International Perspective: Continuity and Change 0367188430, 9780367188436

Divided into 15 chapters, this book provides the reader with an insight into certain representations of mothers and moth

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Motherhood in Contemporary International Perspective: Continuity and Change 0367188430, 9780367188436

This collection of chapters written by prominent researchers addresses the representations of mothers and motherhood in

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Internationalising Japan: Discourse and Practice (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series) [1 ed.] 041573570X, 9780415735704, 9781315818801

In the twenty-first century, the concept of internationalisation remains a crucial tool for understanding the dynamics o

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Good Enough Mothers: Practicing Nurture and Motherhood in Chiapas, Mexico 9781800732537

Motherhood in Mexico is profoundly shaped by the legacy of colonialism. This ethnography situates motherhood in a critic

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