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The cultural production of motherhoo...

Takayanagi, Nariko.

The cultural production of motherhood among middle-class mothers in Japan.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The cultural production of motherhood among middle-class mothers in Japan.
Author:	Takayanagi, Nariko.
Description:	323 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Kathleen Hall.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-12, Section: A, page: 4545.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International66-12A.
Subject:	Sociology, Individual and Family Studies.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3200397
ISBN:	9780542481208

The cultural production of motherhood among middle-class mothers in Japan.
Takayanagi, Nariko.

The cultural production of motherhood among middle-class mothers in Japan. - 323 p.

Adviser: Kathleen Hall.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2005.

Findings from this study suggest that although stay-at-home mothers seem to hold traditional attitudes towards motherhood, they are not content with their lives, and actively negotiate and produce their own meaning of being a "good mother". Whereas working mothers are very positive about their lifestyle choices and claim that they are "good mother" precisely because they are working mothers.

ISBN: 9780542481208Subjects--Topical Terms:

212553
Sociology, Individual and Family Studies.

The cultural production of motherhood among middle-class mothers in Japan.
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520 # $a Japanese mothers have been known for their devotion and commitment to their children while motherhood has bestowed Japanese women a social respect, recognition and identity. Yet in contemporary Japan, a growing number of women started to disagree that child-rearing and motherhood are the single most attractive role and identity for women, and such attitude has been attributed to the lowering birth rate. Moreover, the newly emerging white-collar-working mothers are offering an alternative lifestyle to traditional stay-at-home-motherhood. Thus the exclusive engagement to motherhood is increasingly questioned and challenged by the mothers themselves.
520 # $a The present study investigates how the daily lives as middle-class mothers with small children in urban Japan are differently experienced and expressed by full-time stay-at-home-mothers and working mothers. Using an ethnographic approach, mothers' diverse and sometimes contradictory experiences with various social institutions, such as children's preschools, their family and peer community, were observed. In-depth interviews about mothers' beliefs and values on child-rearing, motherhood and employment further revealed that motherhood is a highly contested notion while it is still a very important part of Japanese womanhood.
520 # $a Thus the present study suggests the emergence of multiple cultural discourses about motherhood among middle-class Japanese mothers. Although Japanese mothers are surrounded by the strong influence of the ideology of motherhood, a close look at their practices and attitudes indicates that they are challenging the dominant ideology of motherhood. Mothers are producing the cultural meaning of practicing and being a mother in their own terms, albeit the strategies are different depending on their social positions and available resources.
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