Identity, Gender, and Status in Japan (Collected Papers of Twentieth-Century Japanese Writers on Ja) - Hardcover

Lebra, Takie

9781905246175: Identity, Gender, and Status in Japan (Collected Papers of Twentieth-Century Japanese Writers on Ja)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190524617X ISBN 13: 9781905246175

Publisher: Brill, 2007

The writings of Takie Lebra have had significant impact on Western understanding and appreciation of the structures and workings of Japanese society. In particular, her research into the notions of self and self-other relationships, issues of gender and women and motherhood has provided a new paradigm in the way these issues are now addressed.

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About the Author:

Takie Lebra is Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai’i, and most recently author of Self in Cultural Logic (2004). Her earlier writings include Japanese Patterns of Behaviour (1976), Japanese Women: Constraint and Fulfillment (1984), and Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility (1993).

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