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Japanese women, singled out for their commitment to the role of housewife and mother, are now postponing marriage and bearing fewer children. Japan has become one of the least fertile and fastest aging countries in the world. Why are so many Japanese women opting out of family life? To answer this question, the author draws on in-depth interviews and extensive survey data to examine Japanese mothers' perspectives and experiences of marriage, parenting, and family life. The goal is to understand how, as introspective, self-aware individuals, these women interpret and respond to the barriers and opportunities afforded within the structural and ideological contexts of contemporary Japan. The findings suggest a need for changes in the structure of the workplace and the education system to provide women with the opportunity to find a fulfilling balance of work and family life.

Author Biography:

Susan D. Holloway obtained a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology and Early Childhood Education from Stanford University in 1983. She has been conducting research on Japan since 1980 and was the recipient of a Fulbright Award in 1994 to study and write about family and schooling in Japan. She is the author of Through my Own Eyes: Single Mothers and the Cultures of Poverty (with Bruce Fuller) and Contested Childhood: Diversity and Change in Japanese Preschools. Additionally, she has authored more than fifty articles and book chapters on family and schooling in cultural contexts. Holloway has taught at the University of Maryland, College Park; Harvard University; and the University of California, Berkeley, where she has been a faculty member in the Graduate School of Education since 1996.
Release date NZ
May 24th, 2010
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  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
4 Tables, unspecified; 6 Line drawings, unspecified
Pages
256
Dimensions
152x229x19
ISBN-13
9780521192279
Product ID
7934628

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