A very graceful, erudite job . . . extraordinarily revealing."- The New York TimesThirty years after its first publication, Womanswordremains a timely, provocative work on how words reflect female stereotypes in modern Japan. Short, lively essays offer linguistic, sociological, and historical insight into issues central to the lives of women everywhere: identity, girlhood, marriage, motherhood, work, sexuality, and aging. A new introduction shows how things have-and haven't-changed. Kittredge Cherrystudied in Japan and has written about the country for Newsweekand the Wall Street Journal. She has a journalism degree from University of Iowa. "A very graceful, erudite job . . . extraordinarily revealing."- The New York TimesThirty years after its first publication, Womanswordremains a timely, provocative work on how words reflect female stereotypes in modern Japan. Short, lively essays offer linguistic, sociological, and historical insight into issues central to the lives of women everywhere: identity, girlhood, marriage, motherhood, work, sexuality, and aging. A new introduction shows how things have-and haven't-changed. Kittredge Cherrystudied in Japan and has written about the country for Newsweekand the Wall Street Journal. She has a journalism degree from University of Iowa. " | Womansword by Kittredge Cherry, Paperback | Indigo Chapters