Motherhood and Work in Contemporary Japan 1138943665, 9781138943667

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

Combining work and family remains a major challenge for married women in contemporary Japan, and it’s not uncommon for t

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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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Aging and Loss: Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan 9780813565187

By 2030, over 30% of the Japanese population will be 65 or older, foreshadowing the demographic changes occurring elsewh

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Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family 9780813553214

Academic Motherhood tells the story of over one hundred women who are both professors and mothers and examines how they

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Financial Politics in Contemporary Japan 9781501737718

Drawing on interviews with prominent bureaucratic, business, and political actors, Frances McCall Rosenbluth provides th

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Political Dynamics in Contemporary Japan 9781501733147

An approach that acknowledges the pervasiveness and importance of continuous bargaining, they maintain, promises to enha

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Negotiating Identity In Contemporary Japan 1136178120, 9781136178122

First published in 2000. This book aims to study the shifting identity of Japanese returnees(kikokushijo) within a migra

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Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan 9780415857451

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Ōe and Beyond: Fiction in Contemporary Japan 9780824863760

Are the works of contemporary Japanese novelists, as Nobel Prize winner Oe Kenzaburo has observed, "mere reflection

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