Late-in-life childbearing (Kōrei Shussan) in contemporary Japan
This paper draws on interviews with a group of 27 Japanese women who were classified as late-in-life-childbearing mothers, or kōrei shussan – women who had had their first delivery at 35 years of age or over. In making sense of the significance, symbolism and consequences of late-life motherhood, th...
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Main Author: | Castro-Vázquez, Genaro |
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Other Authors: | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2015
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93787 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38396 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
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