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Bicycle citizens: the political world of the Japanese housewife

Robin M. LeBlanc with a foreword by Saskia Sassen 2008 © University of California Press
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ISBN(s)
  • 9780520212916 (paper)
  • 9780520212909 (hardcover)
Subject
  • Women's Studies
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  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

  • Stats

  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright and Permissions
  • Dedication
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Names
  • CHAPTER ONE "Supposing Truth Is a Woman – What Then?"
    • The Unstudied Housewife Citizens of Japan
    • Liberalism: Its Women, Its Problems
    • The Nature of the Bicycle Citizens Study
    • The Presentation of the Study
  • CHAPTER TWO The Identity of the "Regular Housewife"
    • A Community of Housewives
    • None-of-the-Above Narratives of the Housewife Label
    • The Housewife as the Presentational Self
    • Among Friends: Maintaining the Housewife Identity
    • The Inevitable Housewife in Politics
  • CHAPTER THREE Housewives and Citizenship
    • The World That Is Not There: Politics in Daily Conversation
    • Distance: A Measure of Politics' Meaning
  • CHAPTER FOUR Volunteering against Politics Housewives, Citizenship, and Community Service
    • Volunteer Activity and Politics
    • The Shape of Voluntarism in Japan
    • Sagyōsho: Life Inside a Volunteer Organization
    • The Volunteer Ethic
    • Social Welfare and the Volunteer Ethic
    • A Brush with Politics at Sagyōsho
    • Gyōsei Meets Yaruki: Sagyōsho Expands
    • Conclusion
  • CHAPTER FIVE Toward a "Housewifely" Movement The Seikatsu Club Co-op's Daily Life Politics
    • A Lively Festival: The Seikatsu Movement
    • The Seikatsu Club Co-op as a New Social Movement
    • The Seikatsu Club Co-op as a Housewife's Movement
    • The Housewife as a Defining Movement Concept
    • Housewife Consciousness as Political Currency
    • The Housewife Identification: Latent Political Conflicts
    • Evaluating Netto Potential in the Long Run
  • CHAPTER SIX The Ono Campaign A "Regular" Housewife in Elite Politics
    • Ono's Dual Duty: Rhetoric and Organization Compete
    • The Organization Pressure of Politics
    • The Political Pressures of Disorganization
    • A Rhetoric for Whom?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
    • Foreword
    • Chapter One "Supposing Truth Is a Woman"
    • Chapter Two Identity of "Regular Housewife"
    • Chapter Three Housewives and Citizenship
    • Chapter Four Volunteering against Politics
    • Toward a "Housewifely" Movement
    • Chapter Six The Ono Campaign
    • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
GS 14.3 (Jun. 2000): 483-484 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0891-2432%28200006%2914%3A3%3C483%3ABCTPWO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q
JJS 26.2 (Summer 2000): 482-486 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0095-6848%28200022%2926%3A2%3C482%3ABCTPWO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K
MN 54.3 (Autumn 1999): 424-486 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-0741%28199923%2954%3A3%3C424%3ABCTPWO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R
PA 73.3 (Autumn 2000): 446-447 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-851X%28200023%2973%3A3%3C446%3ABCTPWO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E
SF 78.3 (Mar. 2000): 1116-1168 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0037-7732%28200003%2978%3A3%3C1166%3ABCTPWO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C
JAS 59.2 (May 2000): 443-435 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9118%28200005%2959%3A2%3C433%3ABCTPWO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4
CS 29.5 (Sep. 2000): 745 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-3061%28200009%2929%3A5%3C745%3ABCTPWO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M
APSR 94.4 (Dec. 2000): 969-970 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0554%28200012%2994%3A4%3C969%3ABCTPWO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V
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