The Japanese housewife overseas : adapting to change of culture and status /

Based on research over a six-year period into three age groups of women, this important new study offers in depth analysis for the first time of the experience of expatriate Japanese wives living temporarily in the United Kingdom. It focuses on the roles of the 'housewife' in the context o...

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Main Author: Martin, Ruth, 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Folkestone, Kent, U.K. : Global Oriental, c2007
Folkestone, Kent, U.K. : ©2007
Series:Brill eBook titles 2010
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Summary:Based on research over a six-year period into three age groups of women, this important new study offers in depth analysis for the first time of the experience of expatriate Japanese wives living temporarily in the United Kingdom. It focuses on the roles of the 'housewife' in the context of the changing status of women in contemporary Japan
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 162 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
ix, 162 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [146]-155) and index
Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-155) and index
ISBN:1281906514
6611906517
9004213333
9781281906519
9786611906511
9789004213333
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