Fb2 The New Japanese Woman: Modernity, Media, and Women in Interwar Japan (Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society) ePub

Now the 'new women’ of interwar Japan join their subversive sisters around the globe in this vivid presentation of the social imaginaries of the modern girl, the housewife, and the professional working woman of middle-class Tokyo.

Now the 'new women’ of interwar Japan join their subversive sisters around the globe in this vivid presentation of the social imaginaries of the modern girl, the housewife, and the professional working woman of middle-class Tokyo. Self-consciously modern, they were also evoked by their critics to redefine modernity, though not necessarily in directions they themselves might have wished. A new story, an old story, well told and nicely illustrated. Carol Gluck, Columbia University.

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Japanese women in the Interwar period. The New Japanese Woman. Asia-pacific: Culture, Politics, And. Society. In magazines, books, and movies, women became prominent icons of the modern city, strolling through bustling shopping districts and becoming a presence on crowded buses and streetcars. These images of women were notable for their mutability as well as their novelty: the persona of the shopper changed as quickly as fashions in clothing; the middle-class housewife remade herself as she moved from one hobby to another.

The New Japanese Woman is rich in descriptive detail and full of fascinating vignettes from Japan’s interwar media and consumer t stores, film, radio, popular music and the publishing industry. Sato pays particular attention to the enormously influential role of the women’s magazines, which proliferated during this period.

Duke University Press, 2003. The New Japanese Woman: Modernity, Media, and Women in Interwar Japan.

Sato situates these three new images of women in the context of an. .

Sato situates these three new images of women in the context of an emerging mass urban culture, which was facilitated by a strong economy, new technology, and increasingly high literacy. She relies extensively on mass women's magazines of the day, but also draws evidence from other forms of media including songs, radio, and movies. Women were vital to this newly developing popular culture in their role as consumers. We are a sharing community. Report "Sato the New Japanese Woman Modernity Media and Women in Interwar Japan". Please fill this form, we will try to respond as soon as possible. So please help us by uploading 1 new document or like us to download

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