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This book integrates the past half-century of cross-cultural research on Japanese childrearing and socialization, placing current findings in their historical context and offering concrete suggestions for new research. Coupling retrospectives by influential senior scholars with reaction papers by younger-generation scholars, the volume illustrates the lasting value of past scholarship and mentoring at the same time as it explores how theories and methodology in the field have evolved over time. The volume concludes with a discussion of the implications of research on Japan for the general study of culture and development.
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An integration of seminal cross-cultural research on Japanese childrearing and socialization with contemporary critical reactions demonstrating how both theory and methodologies have evolved. The six core essays, written by investigators noted for their groundbreaking work, discuss social motivation, changes in the Japanese middle class, the history of Japanese childhood, mother and infant communication patterns in the US and Japan, the cultural boundness of psychology, and the evolution of women's roles and family life. The reactions present current findings in response to the older research. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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