Mother-rearing: The social world of mothers in a Japanese suburb

The Changing Japanese Family

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 129-146

  Sasagawa, Ayumi ^a,b  

^a MUSASHINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 81755163343     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203027820     Document Type: Chapter

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