Japanizing Japanese Families

Regional Diversity and the Emergence of a National Family Model Through the Eyes of Historical Demography
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-49963-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 903 g

Reihe: The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives

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.

With contributions by Mary Louise NAGATA, YAMAMOTO Jun, Hiroko COSTANTINI, Stephen ROBERTSON, MIZOGUCHI Tsunetoshi, NAKAJIMA Mitsuhiro, TSUBOUCHI Yoshihiro and MORIMOTO Kazuhiko.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Ochiai, Emiko

Hirai, Shoko

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

OCHIAI Emiko is a Japanese sociologist and professor of sociology at Kyoto University, specializing in family and gender studies from historical and comparative perspectives. Her English publications include Asian Families and Intimacies, 4 vols. (2021).

HIRAI Shoko is a demographer and sociologist and professor at Kobe University. Her PhD was given in Japanese Studies, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies at Kyoto. Her current project is to elucidate characteristics of Japanese families throughout the past 300 years.