I'm Married to Your Company! Everyday Voices of Japanese Women

, by Itoh, Masako; Adachi, Nobuko; Stanlaw, James

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ISBN: 9780742554641 | 0742554643
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/24/2007

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This approachable and absorbing book offers a unique window into Japanese culture and language. Highlighting the overlooked world of the silent majority, the housewives and mothers who are the mainstay of Japanese society, this work tells the stories of ordinary women in their own voices. An annotated translation of a Japanese bestseller, the volume explores the daily communication of Japanese women and what their words tell us about their relationships and lives in a globalized, post-industrial, yet still often male-dominated Japan.

Introduction	p. 1
Looking at ...
Marriage and Tradition	p. 17
Oh no, I'm married to your company!	p. 17
Your wife is bragging about her misfortune	p. 19
We have to remember that it is our own fault because we raised them that way, didn't we?	p. 21
It looks like she can't respect her husband anymore	p. 22
When my husband lost his job, I thought, "This is my chance!"	p. 23
I don't like New Year's	p. 25
Men	p. 27
Men always want to lead women around	p. 27
Men do not know the world	p. 28
A man who is sleeping makes a great impression	p. 29
It looks like people are now looking for "home cooking" outside the home	p. 30
Once a man becomes middle aged, he has to make a lot of female friends	p. 32
Ourselves	p. 35
Thanks for getting to the point where I cannot kill you anymore	p. 35
It is always said that women's happiness is something that is made for them	p. 36
I do not like my age no matter how old I am	p. 37
I was a cold person who tried to live a "faultless" life	p. 38
I am a D student (literally, "I am a sixty-point person")	p. 39
I don't have the word criticism in my vocabulary	p. 40
Do not ask us to butter you up!	p. 41
I have a pet monkey who knows how to tie a necktie very well	p. 42
Is honne (showing one's true colors) such a good thing?	p. 43
Is a woman's identification card her husband's business card?	p. 44
What did I want to be, I wonder?	p. 46
There are more people these days who don't feel ashamed about being highly educated	p. 47
It was punishment for being an ideal, perfect, good wife	p. 48
The people who dress up to go to a reunion are pitiful	p. 50
Women are thought to be just the place where men sleep	p. 51
It is hard to see someone having to smile all the time	p. 52
I wonder if even the wife of a guy like that thinks he's OK?	p. 53
Even though she is a healthy adult, only a wife gets categorized as a dependent	p. 55
My days go by with me only speaking baby talk	p. 56
It's kind of nice to be able to feel happy about someone else's happiness	p. 58
That woman is like an obstinate, grumpy old man	p. 59
Other Women	p. 61
Women don't need their own names, do they?	p. 61
The shujin (literally, "master") of the house is me	p. 62
It is not because I am afraid of my husband	p. 64
One always has to make sure to speak logically	p. 65
We can see very well the home life at the other end of the phone	p. 66
Their double income has been in vain	p. 67
Housewife is just the pronoun for stupid	p. 68
Although she talks big, her house is probably still a mess	p. 70
With much difficulty, she had a baby when she was older	p. 71
As a housewife and mother, I am proud that I have done my duty	p. 73
At the workplace she still acts like a housewife	p. 74
Please discriminate against women	p. 75
It's become a case of "the weak fish eat the weaker fish," hasn't it?	p. 76
How to Deal with ...
Families, Parents, and Parents-in-Law	p. 81
I always feel "Thank god we have TV" during mealtime	p. 81
I am nice (yasashii) to elderly people whom I don't know ...	p. 82
Because I don't need to do anything while I am walking, I love it	p. 83
My children are my life, but my work is my life's purpose	p. 84
It would have been better if I had liked my mother-in-law	p. 85
Since I am the eldest daughter, my father is not immunized yet ...	p. 87
They can't stand each other unless they change their surroundings from time to time	p. 88
Life and Society	p. 91
We should only have surface-level associations with others	p. 91
Being the perpetrator is very hard	p. 92
Because I cannot see the faces of my audience ...	p. 93
We can't conduct a conversation equally when we only use women's language	p. 95
I am a kind person on the outside who really just disposes of people	p. 97
I cry because there is nothing I can do	p. 98
Thinking about ...
Women's Social Roles and Our Behavior in Men's Society	p. 103
Kindness just because you're a woman is a real pain!	p. 103
We can't stand by and let women's sincere good intentions be exploited anymore	p. 104
Women, please don't become a person who is "female on the outside but male on the inside"	p. 106
Today I have to go intimidate men	p. 107
Social Attitudes toward Women	p. 109
Men don't work for free, do they?	p. 109
Mother is waiting	p. 110
Because she gives me money, she is tricky	p. 111
Women can't be unemployed, right?	p. 112
Mothers are mothers of children, but at the same time mothers of the nation	p. 113
I am sorry that we women have to feel frightened when we go out at night	p. 115
When they found she was defective, they naturally returned her	p. 116
How We Are Seen	p. 119
Why do mothers threaten their children so much?	p. 119
Please don't tie me down	p. 120
Congratulations on not being the eldest son	p. 122
It looks like I'm an auntie now. Hah!	p. 123
What is your social status?	p. 124
What I Want to Be	p. 127
A "Ms. Ditz" cannot remain a "bachelorette"	p. 127
A person who does not have some inferiority complex is weird	p. 128
I do not want to be a "cute little old lady"	p. 129
How can we say it is honorable to be killed that way?	p. 130
If you want, you can call me a traitor. I don't care	p. 132
Why do women have to be cute (kawaii)?	p. 133
Whatever I have is all mine	p. 134
I hope the days of the unknown future will be beautiful!	p. 135
You should protect your own sensibilities	p. 137
The abundant seeds of grass that don't know national boundaries are cast upon the ground	p. 138
A person whom we can ask for advice is nice	p. 141
It is good that I have a dress that makes my accessory look nice	p. 143
My father knows only the words, "fall in love"	p. 144
When men are around it is happy and cheerful	p. 146
I would like to age subjectively	p. 147
How Society Should Be	p. 149
She is a person who lets people "wait without frustration"	p. 149
The public is us [because the public opinion is our voice]	p. 150
If I become a person who becomes bedridden, I'd rather die	p. 151
A medical doctor is a person who cannot understand anything without doing an examination first	p. 152
We should not use titles on the rooms of nursing homes	p. 154
I wish I could always say the right thing in the right way	p. 156
The woman who lies here by herself prays for peace	p. 157
Life exists between person and person	p. 158
Fortunately my mouth and spirit are still healthy	p. 160
The future really is the power of imagination	p. 161
Each individual's words gave me strength	p. 162
This is a town that keeps the worst of the country and has lost the best of the country	p. 163
Married Life	p. 167
The only thing I ever did with my husband was arrange for my father-in-law's funeral	p. 167
It is just that "my domestic life comes with me"	p. 168
Why did you get involved with that kind of woman?	p. 169
What is a family? When we become ill, we find out very soon	p. 171
But you love that kind of man, right?	p. 172
I wonder when a home became a thing that can be bought and sold	p. 173
Social Issues	p. 175
I am getting to know how to get along with my illness	p. 175
The most important thing about being a human being is to learn about the world by ourselves	p. 176
I just attend events because they have day care	p. 177
If it is a love affair, it is an offense against a wife, but if it is prostitution, it is an offense against all women	p. 179
It is a mother's love that makes her want to not draw attention to her child in a crowd	p. 181
I think it is so good that I am not a Japanese	p. 182
Volunteer activities, in other words, are underpaid part-time jobs	p. 184
I already passed the age when I should have died!	p. 186
Nature and Beauty	p. 189
Outside I wear clothes that suit my figure, but at home I wear clothes that I like	p. 189
Far away, far away, cherry blossoms are falling	p. 190
There is no such thing as a plant called "weed"	p. 192
Oh,... I am still beautiful!	p. 194
The winter chrysanthemum is not pleasant	p. 195
A Conclusion?	p. 197
References	p. 207
Index	p. 211
About the Author, Translators, and Editors	p. 221
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