| Description |
1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
This book offers the first detailed study of why the number of unmarried Japanese mothers has hardly changed since 1955, despite the prevalence of certain factors in Japan (more later marriages, higher divorce rate, and so on) that have brought about sign. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-221) and index. |
| Contents |
"Naturally I believed I would get married" : making the choice -- Navigating work and welfare -- Legal discrimination against unwed mothers -- Are unwed mothers "immoral" or "impressive"? : the role of social stigma and shame in upholding family norms -- "The worst child abuse is the absence of a parent" : the role of guilt. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Unmarried mothers -- Japan.
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Unmarried mothers. |
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Japan. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hertog, Ekaterina, 1979- Tough choices. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009 9780804761291 (DLC) 2009007194 (OCoLC)315236798 |
| ISBN |
9780804772396 (electronic book) |
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0804772398 (electronic book) |
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9780804761291 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0804761299 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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