Table of Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Is the Mountain Moving?

2. Back to the Future: The Waiting Years

3. Culture: The Master Key

4. Housewives: The Smile of a Mountain Witch

5. Education in a One-Chance Society

6. Facing Two Ways: Women in the Workplace

7. The Twilight Years: Caring for the Elderly

8. Sexual Politics

9. Our Little Noah's Ark Planet: Empowerment through WorkingTogether

10. Firewords: Empowerment through Writing

11. Becoming the Flag: The Twenty-first Century Is Woman'sTime

Notes

Index

About the Author

Patricia Morley is a prolific writer and the recipientof many awards, including the 1987 Ottawa Citizen Award forNon-Fiction. She is Professor Emerita at Concordia University andfounding member and Lifetime Honorary Fellow at the Simone de BeauvoirInstitute, Montreal. Since 1961 she has made frequent trips to Japanwhere she has many friends and continues to find the country and itsculture fascinating.

Reviews

A book of extraordinary scope ... With meticulous detail and clarity, Morley sheds light on the evolution of [the Japanese woman's] role.
*Woman Newsmagazine, Summer 1999*

Accessible academic study ... comprehensive research.
*Publishers Weekly*

Morley's earnest and intelligent effort to understand Japanese society, her clear prose, and her conscientious survey of many aspects of women's lives make The Mountain Is Moving a very worthwhile introduction to its subject.
*Canadian Literature*