Housewives of Japan: An Ethnography of Real Lives and Consumerized Domesticity

by Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349342882
• ISBN13: 9781349342884
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"