This talk investigates the story of the development of the first automatic electric rice cooker in Japan. With Helen MacNaughtan (SOAS).
Building up Steam as Consumers: Women, Rice Cookers and the Consumption of Everyday Household Goods in Japan
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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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The University of Oxford is one of the world's leading centres for the study of Japan. The Nissan Institute, within the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, acts as a focal point for graduate level work and faculty research on Japan in the social sciences. Alongside vibrant doctoral programmes, the MSc and MPhil in Modern Japanese Studies, inaugurated in 2008, are recognized as among Europe's most prestigious and successful training programmes. The Nissan Institute seminar...
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