Japanizing Japanese families: regional diversity and the emergence of a national family model through the eyes of historical demography

"This book draws on historical demography to elucidate the regional diversity of the Japanese family and its convergence toward an integrated national family model that heralded the modern era, providing a new image of the family in pre-industrial Japan. The volume challenges the idea of early...

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Hauptverfasser: Ochiai, Emiko 1958- (VerfasserIn, HerausgeberIn), Hirai, Shoko 1970- (VerfasserIn, HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2023]
Schriftenreihe:The intimate and the public in Asian and global perspectives volume 15
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Zusammenfassung:"This book draws on historical demography to elucidate the regional diversity of the Japanese family and its convergence toward an integrated national family model that heralded the modern era, providing a new image of the family in pre-industrial Japan. The volume challenges the idea of early modern (1600-1870) Japan as a monolithic nation based on the ie, - the stem-family household so often mentioned as the fundamental form of Japanese social organization and enshrined in the Meiji Civil Code - which, in fact, came into being at various locales, at various speeds in the latter half of the 18th and the earlier half of the 19th centuries. In addition, there are several chapters which examine the role of women, either centrally or tangentially"--
Beschreibung:XIX, 447 Seiten
ISBN:9789004499638

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