The new Japanese woman modernity, media, and women in interwar Japan


Barbara Sato.
Author/Creator:
Sato, Barbara Hamill
Contributor:
American Council of Learned Societies
Resource Type:
Book
Publication:
Durham, [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2003.
Physical Description:
xiv, 241 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

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Series Title:
  • Asia-Pacific, culture, politics, and society.
  • Asia-Pacific.
Note:
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Scholarly Publishing Office, 2006. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([History e-book project]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-232) and index.
Contents:
Women and the reality of the everyday -- The emergence of agency : women and consumerism -- The modern girl as a representation of consumer culture -- Housewives as reading women -- Work for life, for marriage, for love -- Hard days ahead : women on the move.
Summary:
Presenting a vivid social history of "the new woman" who emerged in Japanese culture between the world wars, The New Japanese Woman shows how images of modern women burst into Japanese life in the midst of the urbanization, growth of the middle class, and explosion of consumerism resulting from the postwar economic boom, particularly in the 1920s. Barbara Sato analyzes the icons that came to represent the new urban femininity -- the "modern girl," the housewife, and the professional working woman. She describes how these images portrayed in the media shaped and were shaped by women's desires. Although the figures of the modern woman by no means represented all Japanese women, they challenged the myth of a fixed definition of femininity -- particularly the stereotype emphasizing gentleness and meekness -- and generated a new set of possibilities for middle-class women within the context of consumer culture.
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ISBN:
  • 9780822330080
  • 0822330083
  • 9780822330448
  • 082233044X
  • 0822330083 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 082233044X (pbk. : alk. paper)
LC Classification:
HQ1762 (INTERNET)
Catalog Record ID:
991025626089703811
Language:
English

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