1st Edition
Women in Their Thirties in Japan Life Course and Happiness
By Kaori H. Okano
Copyright 2025
218 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
218 Pages
10 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
This book examines the lived experiences of a group of Japanese women through their thirties, revealing the dynamic of human agency responding to the social changes of Japan’s ‘lost decades’.
Exploring how these working-class women made choices and acted on them in pursuit of happiness through their thirties, the book highlights how, in so doing, they charted their various life course... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Kobe-city and the women: The longitudinal ethnography site and its participants 3. Life stories of eight Kobe women 2000-2011 4. Managing paid employment 5. Creating diverse forms of family: Marriage, children and singlehood 6. Expanding human relationships: In-laws, natal family, friendship and community 7. Conclusions
Biography
Kaori H. Okano is Professor of Japanese and Asian Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
