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Patricia Morley - Mountain Is Moving, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 1999

Mountain Is Moving

Japanese Women's Lives

Av Patricia Morley

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Beskrivning
The Mountain Is Moving describes postwar Japanese societyand the roles that women are expected to play within it. Based oninterviews with hundreds of women, the book examines the education ofwomen, marriage and child rearing, work outside the house, caring forthe elderly, political power or lack of it, and volunteerism. Morleyalso examines a diverse and compelling range of stories and novels byand about Japanese women, revealing both patterns and exceptions.Morley asserts that the legendary Japanese system of white-collarlabour can only be maintained by the efforts of women who remain athome to care for family. In recent years, however, increasing numbersof Japanese women have begun to seek change and empowerment beyond thedomestic sphere.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1999-01-15
  • Mått: 159 x 235 x undefined mm
  • Vikt: 480 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 240
  • Förlag: University of British Columbia Press
  • ISBN: 9780774806756
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Patricia Morley is a prolific writer and the recipientof many awards, including the 1987 Ottawa Citizen Award forNon-Fiction. She is Professor Emerita at Concordia University andfounding member and Lifetime Honorary Fellow at the Simone de BeauvoirInstitute, Montreal. Since 1961 she has made frequent trips to Japanwhere she has many friends and continues to find the country and itsculture fascinating.

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A book of extraordinary scope ... With meticulous detail and clarity, Morley sheds light on the evolution of [the Japanese woman's] role. (Woman Newsmagazine, Summer 1999) Accessible academic study ... comprehensive research. (Publishers Weekly) Morley's earnest and intelligent effort to understand Japanese society, her clear prose, and her conscientious survey of many aspects of women's lives make The Mountain Is Moving a very worthwhile introduction to its subject. - Susan Fisher (Canadian Literature)

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