ISBN:
9781316144657
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (ix, 333 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. East and South-East Asian history
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.42/095209034
Keywords:
Geschichte 1868-1892
;
Alltag, Brauchtum
;
Frau
;
Women / Japan / Social conditions
;
Women / Japan / Social life and customs
;
Frau
;
Japan / Social life and customs / 1868-1912
;
Japan
;
Japan
;
Frau
;
Geschichte 1868-1892
Abstract:
After spending a year in Tokyo, American teacher Alice Mabel Bacon (1858–1918) 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
Note:
Originally published in London by Gay and Bird in 1891. - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Jun 2016)
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781316144657
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316144657
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/japanese-girls-and-women/A291609DB359C448197C7B1DA2CE73CC
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
