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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150346203321

Autore

Yoshida Akiko <1963-, >

Titolo

Unmarried women in Japan : the drift into singlehood / / Akiko Yoshida

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-317-50718-5

1-315-71650-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 pages) : illustrations, graphs

Collana

Routledge Research on Gender in Asia Series

Disciplina

305.40952

Soggetti

Single women - Japan - Social conditions

Women - Japan - Social conditions

Japan Social conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction : the drift into singlehood -- 2. Decline of marriage age norm : cohort effects and anomie -- 3. Limited chances of romance and problematic men : structural barriers and gender ideology -- 4. Cohort contrast in marriages that surround women : impacts of linked lives -- 5. Women's ideas about gender roles : persistence of traditional gender ideology -- 6. Why aren't Japanese women getting married? Conclusion and implications.