基本説明
Translator(s): Nobuko Adachi and James Stanlaw. An annotated translation of a Japanese bestseller, the volume explores the daily communication of Japanese women and what their words tell us about their relationships and lives in a globalized, post-industrial, yet still often male-dominated Japan.
Full Description
This approachable and absorbing book offers a unique window into Japanese culture and language. Highlighting the overlooked world of the "silent majority," the housewives and mothers who are the mainstay of Japanese society, this work tells the stories of ordinary women in their own voices. An annotated translation of a Japanese bestseller, the volume explores the daily communication of Japanese women and what their words tell us about their relationships and lives in a globalized, post-industrial, yet still often male-dominated Japan.
Readers will find that many issues explored here are universal to women everywhere, while others are specific to Japan. With added cultural context and commentary, the book offers a fresh understanding of Japanese society, even for those who have had little exposure to Japan. Students in diverse fields, ranging from anthropology to women's studies and from communications to Asian studies, will find this an insightful and provocative work.
Contents
Chapter 1: Marriage and Tradition
Chapter 2: Men
Chapter 3: Ourselves
Chapter 4: Other Women
Chapter 5: Families, Parents, and Parents-in-Law
Chapter 6: Life and Society
Chapter 7: Women's Social Roles and Our Behavior in Men's Society
Chapter 8: Social Attitudes toward Women
Chapter 9: How We Are Seen
Chapter 10: What I Want to Be
Chapter 11: How Society Should Be
Chapter 12: Married Life
Chapter 13: Social Issues
Chapter 14: Nature and Beauty
