Housewives of Japan: An Ethnography of Real Lives and Consumerized Domesticity is a 2012 book by Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni, published by Palgrave Macmillan.
The research subject is a group of women, who primarily work to care for their households, in one residential complex in Osaka.
[1] The book explores the concept behind the term "professional housewife" (専業主婦 sengyō shufu).
[2] A friend of the author,[3] Mariko Ishikawa,[2] had e-mailed her on whether a housewife would be better off being regarded as a "professional" in that field or not.
[2] Allison Alexy of the University of Virginia, described it as a "fascinating" work,[1] and she had a positive reception on how the book covered divergent, conflicting opinions held by the housewives.