by Marnie S . Anderson (Author)
Addresses how gender became a defining category in the political and social modernization of Japan. This book shows how 'a woman's place' in late-nineteenth-century Japan was characterized by contradictions and unexpected consequences, by new opportunities and new constraints.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 266
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 26 Jan 2011
ISBN 10: 0674056051
ISBN 13: 9780674056053