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Gender and the koseki in contemporary Japan : surname, power, and privilege / Linda White.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Linda (Associate professor of Japanese studies), author.
- Series:
- Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 73.
- Routledge contemporary Japan series ; 73
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Registers of births, etc--Japan.
- Registers of births, etc.
- Names, Personal--Law and legislation--Japan.
- Names, Personal.
- Recording and registration--Japan.
- Recording and registration.
- Recording and registration--Social aspects.
- Illegitimacy.
- Acknowledgment of children.
- Names, Personal--Law and legislation.
- Japan.
- Acknowledgment of children--Japan.
- Illegitimacy--Japan.
- Recording and registration--Social aspects--Japan.
- Ethnology--Japan.
- Ethnology.
- Japan--Registers.
- Genre:
- Registers (Lists)
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 119 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2018]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- The matter of names and why names matter
- Separate-surname activism
- Common-law marriage as a form of koseki resistance
- Illegitimacy and male privilege: the underlying logic of the koseki
- Beyond the scope of the koseki: families out of bounds
- Epilogue: December 20, 2017.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-116) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781315561349
- 1315561344
- Publisher Number:
- 99984955026
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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