Merry I White

Biographic Data

ID191876
NAMEMerry I White
GIVEN NAMESMerry I
FAMILY NAMEWhite
SIGNATUREWHITE M I
AFFILIATIONSBoston University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS21
TOTAL CITATIONS20
AUTHOR COUNT21
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Ways of Eating

    Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft, Merry I White et al.BOOKWays of Eating2023

  • Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan

    Open AccessMerry I White, Merry WhiteARTICLESocial Science Japan Journal2019

    Consuming—in all its forms—is a central experience of human life. The consumer in capitalist societies is both exploiter and exploited, and an object of desire, to be wooed and disdained, measured and manipulated. Consumption is historically and culturally defined, and the economics of consumption is understood in deep context. In this volume, Consuming Life in Post-Bubble Japan, the editors, Katarzyna Cwiertka and Ewa Machotka, have assembled il…

  • Modern Japanese Cuisine

    Merry I White, Merry WhiteARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies2008

    Reviewed by: Modern Japanese Cuisine: Food, Power and National Identity Merry I. White (bio) Modern Japanese Cuisine: Food, Power and National Identity. By Katarzyna J. Cwiertka. Reaktion Books, London, 2006. 240 pages. $40.00. Culinary history has opened up new perspectives in the study of culture, technology, economics, and politics as well as other fields. Katarzyna Cwiertka’s recent work is a lucid example of such a treatment of history throu…

  • The Changing Japanese Family (review)

    Merry I White, Merry WhiteARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies2007

    Reviewed by: The Changing Japanese Family Merry I. White (bio) The Changing Japanese Family. Edited by Marcus Rebick and Ayumi Takenaka. Routledge, London, 2006. xv, 217 pages. £65.00. I have to admit to setting this volume aside at first sight—another edited volume on the Japanese family? How much more needs to be said about [End Page 435] challenges and crises, about the problems of women, children, and the elderly? But this rare collection of …

  • Divorce in Japan

    Open AccessMerry I White, Merry WhiteARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…2006References: 1

  • Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo

    Open AccessMerry I White, Merry WhiteARTICLEWomen s Studies International Forum2000

  • Marketing the Menacing Fetus in Japan

    Merry I White, Merry White et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1998

  • Unmasking Japan Today

    Merry I White, Merry White et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1997

    The Process of Japanese Modernization The Japanese Family-Change and Continuity Changes in the Japanese Family System Popular Culture/Lifestyles of the Japanese Family Emerging Family Problems Education and Youth The Japanese Educational System Japanese Youth Today Women and Labor Force Participation The Changing Status of Women Japanese Women in the Work Force The Graying of Japan Aging as a Socio-Cultural Process The Economics of Aging The Impa…

  • Japanese Women

    Merry I White, Merry White et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1996Cited by: 13

  • Social Mobility in Contemporary Japan

    Merry I White, Merry White et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1994

  • The Learning Gap

    Merry I White, Merry White et al.REVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1993Cited by: 2

  • "Japan's "International Youth

    Merry I White, Merry White et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1992

    Who are the Kikokushijo? the cultural problems the educational problems case study of a school with Kikokushijo Kikokushijo in comparative perspective Kikokushijo in historical perspective the emergence of a new class of Japanese schoolchildren

  • Japanese Schooling

    Merry I White, Merry White et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1990Cited by: 4

  • Preschool in Three Cultures

    Merry I White, Merry WhiteARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1990

  • Education in Japan

    Merry I White, Merry White et al.ARTICLEMonumenta Nipponica1989Cited by: 1

  • Sociology

    Open AccessMerry I White, Merry WhiteARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1989

  • Human Conditions

    Sally Lubeck, Robert A Levine et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1988

  • The Japanese School

    Merry I White, Merry White et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1988

    There is no doubt in my mind that this is the best book on the Japanese school, and especially on the underlying concepts. As such it is one of the most important books on Japanese society. Peter Drucker Benjamin Duke knows both American and Japanese education intimately. His analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of each is compelling. Everyone interested in Japan's economic performance over the past generation--and the next--needs to examine …

  • The Japanese educational challenge

    Merry I WhiteBOOKThe Japanese educational challenge1987

    Examines the Japanese commitment to education, discusses the position of teachers and the structure of the school system, and looks at the cultural background of students.

  • Education and Equality in Japan

    Merry I White, Merry White et al.ARTICLEJournal of Japanese Studies1986

  • Japanese Women

    Merry I White, Merry WhiteARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1985