Japanese Girls and Women (Cambridge Library Collection - East and South-East Asian History) - Softcover

Bacon, Alice Mabel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108080944 ISBN 13: 9781108080941

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2015

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After a year in Tokyo, American teacher Alice Mabel Bacon (1858–1918) became the first author to explore Japan's class system, cultural history and moral framework through the stories of its women. Her 1891 book depicts a generation of women striving to reconcile traditional expectations with their newly Westernised education.

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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.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1108080944
• ISBN 13: 9781108080941
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 350