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100 1 $aBumiller, Elisabeth.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88219768
245 14 $aThe secrets of Mariko :$ba year in the life of a Japanese woman and her family /$cby Elisabeth Bumiller ; illustrations by David Cain.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $a[New York] :$bTimes Books,$c[1995], ©1995.
263 $a9511
300 $axi, 338 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-324) and index.
520 $aThe Secrets of Mariko is a remarkably revealing and intimate look at the life of an ordinary Japanese woman at the close of the twentieth century. Mariko and her husband, three children, and aged parents live in a small house in Tokyo. It is a family typical of hundreds of thousands of others in Japan. Mariko is a part-time meter reader and a very full-time wife, mother, and daughter.
520 8 $aShe spends her days cooking, keeping house, taking care of the children and her parents, working at her job, and stealing an afternoon now and then for herself. Through Mariko we gain a rare insight into the culture of Japan and begin to understand the obligations and desires that drive Japanese society.
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aLike many Japanese, Mariko knew very few Westerners, and was instinctively reserved with anyone outside the family circle. But somehow she broke through her sense of privacy and let Elisabeth Bumiller, a reporter for The Washington Post, into her life for more than a year. Over time, as they grew to know each other, Mariko gradually revealed her secrets. Most are small but deeply personal, and together they yield a nuanced portrait of a life.
520 8 $aThe Secrets of Mariko speaks eloquently of what it means to be Japanese, and to be an ordinary woman confronting the choices we all must face.
650 0 $aWomen$zJapan$zTokyo$vCase studies.
650 0 $aMiddle class women$zJapan$zTokyo$vCase studies.
650 0 $aFamilies$zJapan$zTokyo$vCase studies.
650 0 $aMiddle class families$zJapan$zTokyo$vCase studies.
651 0 $aJapan$xSocial conditions$y1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069578
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