{"product_id":"bicycle-citizens-the-political-world-of-the-japanese-housewife-volume-1-paperback","title":"Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobin M. LeBlanc\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. In this first ethnographic study of the politics of the average female citizen in Japan, Robin LeBlanc argues that this taxi-bicycle contrast reaches deeply into Japanese society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo study the relationship between gender and liberal democratic citizenship, LeBlanc conducted extensive ethnographic fieldwork in suburban Tokyo among housewives, volunteer groups, consumer cooperative movements, and the members of a committee to reelect a female Diet member who used her own housewife status as the key to victory. LeBlanc argues that contrary to popular perception, Japanese housewives are ultimately not without a political world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of new and stimulating material, engagingly written, and deft in its weaving of theoretical perspectives with field research, this study will not only open up new dialogues between gender theory and broader social science concerns but also provide a superb introduction to politics in Japan as a whole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gem of a book. LeBlanc brings the women she studies to life, leading us down the side streets and back alleys of Tokyo suburbia, trundling along on a clunker bicycle, and exploring how homemakers get involved in the grassroots level of politics.--Glenda Roberts, author of \u003ci\u003eStaying on the Line\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin M. LeBlanc\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University. \u003cb\u003eSaskia Sassen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, and author of \u003ci\u003eGlobalization and Its Discontents\u003c\/i\u003e (1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 263\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 05, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45053154295947,"sku":"9780520212916","price":76.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/dnVyZGhLbTVrQThVSU5nQVNhQXFOQT09.webp?v=1767160513","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/bicycle-citizens-the-political-world-of-the-japanese-housewife-volume-1-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}