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Contemporary Portraits of Japanese Women » Read Now
by Yukiko Tanaka. 192 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

As Japan shifted from an agricultural country before 1950 to an industrialized nation in less time than any other developed country, women felt the pressure of the shift. Husbands worked longer hours, leaving all the household chores and child rearing to their wives while fulfilling their...
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As Japan shifted from an agricultural country before 1950 to an industrialized nation in less time than any other developed country, women felt the pressure of the shift. Husbands worked longer hours, leaving all the household chores and child rearing to their wives while fulfilling their responsibilites as corporate soldiers. The economy was fueled by a diligent, well-educated, low-paid workforce, but gender role division became even more rigid. Household incomes rose and improvement in areas such as diets, transportation, and leisure were made; modern appliances also made it possible for mothers to have part-time jobs. But pollution also rose, as did prices, and crowded living conditions began to impinge on family life. Tanaka, who has spent many years looking back at her country from an American perspective, examines marriage, motherhood, employment, independence, women's movements, and old age for women in Japan over the last 50 years.
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Voices from the Japanese Women's Movement » Read Now
by AMPO, Japan Asia Quarterly Review. 210 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

An insider's view of the world of contemporary Japanese women.
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Kimono in the Boardroom: The Invisible Evolution of Japanese Women Managers » Read Now
by Jean R. Renshaw. 294 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

Japanese women, who comprise more than 40% of the workforce, are essential to the Japanese economy but are not typically thought of as managers. Jean Renshaw challenges that perception in this pathbreaking book. Traditional norms of lifetime employment, the seniority system, and the bureaucratic...
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Japanese women, who comprise more than 40% of the workforce, are essential to the Japanese economy but are not typically thought of as managers. Jean Renshaw challenges that perception in this pathbreaking book. Traditional norms of lifetime employment, the seniority system, and the bureaucratic, tightly knit nature of Japanese industry all serve to restrict women's entry into management. Despite these enormous barriers, the last ten years have seen the number of Japanese women managers almost double. Renshaw interviewed over 150 successful women managers of Japan, exploring family backgrounds, personal characteristics, socialization, professional experiences, and corporate cultures to discover the secrets of their success. Showing the reader where and how this "invisible evolution" is occurring, Renshaw surveys the history of Japanese women in management and reveals the potential of the rising female managerial class to change in profound ways the male-dominated culture of modern Japan.
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Office Ladies, Factory Women: Life and Work at a Japanese Company » Read Now
by Jeannie Lo. 135 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Daughters of the Moon: Wish, Will, and Social Constraint in Fiction by Modern Japanese Women » Read Now
by Victoria V. Vernon. 249 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Atsumi Ikuko point out in Women Poets of Japan New York: New Directions...Elizabeth Powers, eds., Women in Changing Japan Stanford: Stanford University...introductory...
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From Stereotype to Context: The Study of Japanese Women's Speech, in Feminist Studies » Read Now
by Hideko Nornes Abe. 25 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...NOTION OF GENDER IN LANGUAGE In Japan, women are encouraged to use onna-rashii...fact of life, still prevails. Women in Japan are far from being the "muted...only factor...
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Heroic with Grace: Legendary Women of Japan » Read Now
by Chieko Irie Mulhern. 326 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library

...0-87332-552-4 pbk. 1. Women in public life-- Japan--Biography. 2. Women--Japan...included in Her Place in the Sun: Women Who Shaped Japan , by Higuchi Chiyoko...in Japanese...
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Staying on the Line: Blue-Collar Women in Contemporary Japan » Read Now
by Glenda S. Roberts. 198 pgs.

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...the Line Blue-Collar Women in Contemporary Japan GLENDA S. ROBERTS...on the line: blue-collar women in contemporary Japan / Glenda S. Roberts. p...Vocational Research ...
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Issei, Nisei, War Bride: Three Generations of Japanese American Women in Domestic Service » Read Now
by Evelyn Nakano Glenn. 294 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...of Japanese women married Americans stationed in Japan with the military...economic boom in Japan, however, there...between Japanese women and American...entrepreneurial...
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Flowering in the Shadows: Women in the History of Chinese and Japanese Painting » Read Now
by Marsha Weidner. 320 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

...social conditions and history of women in Japan provided less material for either...Margaret E. Burtons The Education of Women in Japan , 17 and the...
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Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns » Read Now
by Paula Kane Robinson Arai. 233 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

In this study, based on both historical evidence and ethnographic data, Paula Arai shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the sixth century. They were active participants in the Soto Zen sect, and have continued to contribute to the advancement of the sect to...
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In this study, based on both historical evidence and ethnographic data, Paula Arai shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the sixth century. They were active participants in the Soto Zen sect, and have continued to contribute to the advancement of the sect to the present day. Drawing on her fieldwork among the Soto nuns, Arai demonstrates that the lives of many of these women embody classical Buddhist ideals. They have chosen to lead a strictly disciplined monastic life over against successful careers and the unconstrained contemporary secular lifestyle. In this, and other respects, they can be shown to stand in stark contrast to their male counterparts.
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Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo: 5 Japanese Women » Read Now
by Phyllis Birnbaum. 249 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

-- Janice P. Nimura, New York Times Book Review
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Images of Japanese Women: A Westerner's View » Read Now
by Bettina Liebowitz Knapp. 284 pgs.

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library
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Through Harsh Winters: The Life of a Japanese Immigrant Woman » Read Now
by Akemi Kikumura, W. L. Parker. 144 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Steel Butterflies: Japanese Women and the American Experience » Read Now
by Nancy Brown Diggs. 179 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library
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Japanese Women at Work, 1880-1920, in History Today » Read Now
by Janet Hunter. 7 pgs.

Collections: History, Entire Library