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Japanese girls and women / Alice Mabel Bacon

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015

1 online resource (ix, 333 pages)

Englisch

Originally published in London by Gay and Bird in 1891. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016)

Erscheint auch als: (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-1-108-08094-1 (Print); 978-1-316-14465-7 (Online)

978-1-108-08094-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 967385531     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Resolving-System (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/CBO9781316144657

HQ1762

LOC-SH: Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1868-1912 ; Women -- Japan -- Social life and customs ; Women -- Japan -- Social conditions

Women ; Japan ; Social conditions ; Women ; Japan ; Social life and customs ; Japan ; Social life and customs ; 1868-1912

After spending a year in Tokyo, American teacher Alice Mabel Bacon (18581918) became the first author to usher Western readers into the graceful, paper-walled realm of the Japanese woman. An intimate friend of several Japanese ladies, Bacon was privy to a domestic world which remained closed to male visitors. This 1891 work begins with birth and childhood, including the colourful, kimono-like dress of infants, their ornate dolls, and their education in handwriting, flower painting and etiquette. Trained for a lifetime of service to her husband and his parents, the Japanese woman was praised for her loyalty and obedience. But new Western influences, especially on education, were challenging the old ways. Bacon evocatively depicts Japanese women unsettled by their modern education, yet saddled with traditional cultural expectations. With its insight into Japan's class system, cultural history and moral framework, this book remains an essential complement to any study of Japanese social history