Housewives of Japan von O Goldstein-Gidoni

Housewives of Japan
An Ethnography of Real Lives and Consumerized Domesticity
ISBN/EAN: 9781137523907
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: xxv, 273 S., 15 s/w Illustr., 273 p. 15 illus.
Einband: kartoniertes Buch
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Drawing on a unique ethnographic inquiry, Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni explores the complexities of the relationship between socially and culturally constructed roles bestowed on Japanese women by a variety of state agents, including the market and the media, and the 'real' lives of these women.
OFRA GOLDSTEIN-GIDONI is the chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Tel Aviv University, Israel, where she holds a joint position with the Department of East Asian Studies. She is the author of Packaged Japaneseness: Weddings, Business and Brides.