The Japanese Woman: Traditional Image and Changing Reality

Westerners and Japanese men have a vivid mental image of Japanese women as dependent, deferential, and devoted to their families--anything but ambitious. In fact, the author shows, Japanese women hold equal and sometimes even more powerful positions than men in many spheres.

Author: Sumiko Iwao
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 12/19/1993
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.14w x 0.78d
ISBN13: 9780684863931
ISBN10: 0684863936
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- History | Asia | Japan
- Social Science | Sociology | General

About the Author
Sumiko Iwao was a psychologist, educator, editor and professor emeritus at Keio University in Tokyo.