The Japanese housewife overseas [[electronic resource] ] : adapting to change of culture and status / / Ruth Martin

• Autore: Martin Ruth
• Pubblicazione: Folkestone, Kent, U.K., : Global Oriental, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Disciplina: 300; 305.488956041; 306.8723
• Soggetto topico: Housewives - Great Britain; Japanese - Great Britain; Housewives - Japan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / R. Martin -- 1. Introduction / R. Martin -- 2. Salarymen, Their Wives And Overseas Transfer / R. Martin -- 3. Overseas Transfer To The UK / R. Martin -- 4. What Overseas Transfer Means To Wives / R. Martin -- 5. Japanese Housewives’ Roles In The UK: Caring For The Family And Maintaining Links With Japan / R. Martin -- 6. Japanese Housewives’ Roles In The UK: Care Of Young Children And Education / R. Martin -- 7. Life Outside The Confines Of ‘Housewife’: Enriching Aspects Of Overseas Transfer / R. Martin -- 8. Effect Of Overseas Transfer On Wives / R. Martin -- 9. Conclusion / R. Martin -- Bibliography / R. Martin -- Index / R. Martin.
• Sommario/riassunto: Based on research over a six-year period into three age groups of women, this important new study offers in depth analysis for the first time of the experience of expatriate Japanese wives living temporarily in the United Kingdom. It focuses on the roles of the ‘housewife’ in the context of the changing status of women in contemporary Japan.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Japanese housewife overseas
• ISBN: 1-281-90651-4; 9786611906511; 90-04-21333-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780619003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II