Unmarried Women in Japan: The drift into singlehood

by Akiko Yoshida

Book Overview

This book aims to answer the question of why many women remain single in Japan, based on life history interview research conducted in Japan. It argues that singlehood increased in Japan due largely to structural barriers and culture, which have caused many women to drift into singlehood. From interviewees' life history accounts, Yoshida reconstructs the social, cultural, and economic contexts lived through by women of age groups with high never-married...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138860352
• ISBN13: 9781138860353
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"