Housewives of Japan An Ethnography of Real Lives and Consumerized Domesticity | EKB DL

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Housewives of Japan An Ethnography of Real Lives and Consumerized Domesticity

Housewives of Japan An Ethnography of Real Lives and Consumerized Domesticity

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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.

Keywords

Social ScienceSociologyMarriage & FamilyMedia StudiesAnthropologyCultural & SocialGender Studies

2012Book

Author(s)Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US

ISBN9780230340312

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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