Building up Steam as Consumers: Women, Rice Cookers and the Consumption of Everyday Household Goods in Japan

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This talk investigates the story of the development of the first automatic electric rice cooker in Japan. With Helen MacNaughtan (SOAS).

In doing so it places this product within a broader historical context of Japanese home appliances as well as within the context of consumption and specifically the role of Japanese women as consumers.

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Department: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies

Date Added: 09/03/2012

Duration: 00:50:44

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