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Slater, Tracy.
The good shufu : finding love, self, and home on the far side of the world / Tracy Slater.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-101-63484-4
1. Slater, Tracy. 2. Sex role—Japan. 3. Man-woman relationships—Japan. 4. Women—Social conditions—Japan. 5. Marriage—Japan. 6. Housewives—Japan—Biography. 7. Married people—Japan—Biography. 8. Japan—Social life and customs. I. Title.
HQ1075.5.J3S53 2015 2014039143
305.30952—dc23
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