Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife Volume 1

by Robin M. LeBlanc and Robin M. M. LeBlanc

Book Overview

While the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. In this first ethnographic study of the politics of the average female citizen in Japan, Robin LeBlanc argues that this taxi-bicycle contrast reaches deeply into Japanese society. To study the relationship between gender and liberal democratic citizenship, LeBlanc conducted extensive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520212916
• ISBN13: 9780520212916
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"