Ryosai Kenbo : the educational ideal of 'good wife, wise mother' in modern Japan / / by Koyama Shizuko ; translated by Stephen Filler.

Winner of the 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award The famous ryōsai kenbo , or ‘good wife, wise mother’ role of women was not, after all, a traditional Confucian view but a modern construct. In fact, its first appearance in Japan, as Koyama Shizuko points out, was in the latter half of the...

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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Japanese
Series:Intimate and the public in Asian and global perspectives ; v. 1.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 216 pages) :; illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Koyama Shizuko
  • Introduction: Approach to the Issues / Koyama Shizuko
  • The Formation of Ryōsai Kenbo Thought / Koyama Shizuko
  • Ryōsai Kenbo Thought and the Public Education System / Koyama Shizuko
  • The Causes of Change / Koyama Shizuko
  • The Reconfiguration of Ryōsai Kenbo Thought / Koyama Shizuko
  • The Evolution of the Concept of Ryōsai Kenbo in Morality Textbooks / Koyama Shizuko
  • Epilogue: The Meaning of Ryōsai Kenbo Thought / Koyama Shizuko
  • Appendix 1: List of Morality Textbooks (Shūshin Kyōkasho) Consulted for this Study / Koyama Shizuko
  • Bibliography / Koyama Shizuko
  • Index of Persons / Koyama Shizuko
  • Index of Subjects / Koyama Shizuko.