Working and waiting for an “appropriate person”: How single women support and resist family in Japan

Home and Family in Japan: Continuity and Transformation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 131-151

  Nakano, Lynne Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84920639900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203840047     Document Type: Chapter

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