Description: Further DetailsTitle: Bicycle CitizensCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackSubtitle: The Political World of the Japanese HousewifeISBN-10: 0520212916EAN: 9780520212916ISBN: 9780520212916Publisher: University of California PressRelease Date: 03/05/1999Description: While the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. In this first ethnographic study of the politics of the average female citizen in Japan, Robin LeBlanc argues that this taxi-bicycle contrast reaches deeply into Japanese society. To study the relationship between gender and liberal democratic citizenship, LeBlanc conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in suburban Tokyo among housewives, volunteer groups, consumer cooperative movements, and the members of a committee to reelect a female Diet member who used her own housewife status as the key to victory. LeBlanc argues that contrary to popular perception, Japanese housewives are ultimately not without a political world. Full of new and stimulating material, engagingly written, and deft in its weaving of theoretical perspectives with field research, this study will not only open up new dialogues between gender theory and broader social science concerns but also provide a superb introduction to politics in Japan as a whole.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 18mmItem Weight: 363gAuthor: Robin M. Le BlancGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Social Sciences, Law & PoliticsBook Series: Asia: Local Studies / Global ThemesRelease Year: 1999 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Bicycle Citizens
Title: Bicycle Citizens
Subtitle: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife
ISBN-10: 0520212916
EAN: 9780520212916
ISBN: 9780520212916
Release Date: 03/05/1999
Release Year: 1999
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 263 Pages
Publication Name: Bicycle Citizens : the Political World of the Japanese Housewife
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: Women in Politics, Gender Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Women's Studies, World / Asian
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 1999
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science
Author: Robin M. LeBlanc
Item Width: 6 in
Series: Asia: Local Studies / Global Themes Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
