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Perfectly Japanese Making Families In An Era Of Upheaval
Paperback Edition: 1/2002
Are Japanese families in crisis? This study looks back at two key moments of "family making" in the 20th century - the Meiji era and postwar period - to see how models for the Japanese family have been constructed. The models had little to do
with families of their eras and even less to do with families today. Merry Isaacs White vividly portrays the everyday reality of a range of families: young married couples who experience fleeting togetherness until the first child is born; a family separated by job shifts; a family with a grandmother as babysitter; and a marriage without children.
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Pages : 266
Publisher : University of California Press
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Social Sciences, History, Sociology, General & World History, Sociology: Family & Relationships