Gambling with virtue : Japanese women and the search for self in a changing nation /
Annotation Gambling with Virtue rings with the voices of women speaking openly about their struggle to be both modern and Japanese in the late twentieth century. It brings to the fore the complexity of women's everyday lives as they navigate through home, work, and community. Meanwhile, women f...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawai'i Press,
©2001.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Glimpses into the '70s: Reworking Traditions
- Institutional Selves: Women Teachers
- Virtuous Selves: Housewives
- Glimpses into the '80s: Individuality and Diversity
- Backstage Selves: Housewives
- Fulfilled Selves? Working Women
- Glimpses into the '90s: Independent Selves Supporting Family
- Centrifugal Selves: Housewives
- Compassionate Selves: Women and Elder Care
- Selves Centered on Self: Young Single Women
- No Self, True Self, or Multiple Selves?