Japan: The Childless Society?: The Crisis of Motherhood

ISBN-13: 9780415146470 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 256 str.

Muriel Jolivet; Anne-Marie Glasheen

Opis

Drawing on interviews with Japanese women, this study examines the implications behind the declining birth rate in Japan and looks towards the future of a country that is in danger of becoming a childless society. It considers the reasons why Japanese women are finding it increasingly difficult to accept the terms and conditions of motherhood and explores the major factors contributing to maternal malaise in Japan including: the Ten Commandments of the Good Mother; the changing role of the father; education and careers; and nostalgia from older generations.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Young mothers in a dilemma; Chapter 2 Why have children?; Chapter 3 Fathers; Chapter 4 The ten commandments of the good mother; Chapter 5 The nostalgia for yesterday’s mothers; Chapter 6 Demographic malaise; Chapter 7 The new order; Chapter 8 The achievement of working mothers; By way of a conclusion;

O autorze

Muriel Jolivet is Professor of French Studies and Sociology, Sophia University, Tokyo.