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Japanese Feminist Debates - A Century of Contention on Sex, Love, and Labor (Paperback)
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Recent years have seen a surge of interest in Japanese feminism and
gender history. This new volume brings to light Japan's feminist
public sphere, a discursive space in which academic, journalistic,
and political voices have long met and sparred over issues that
remain controversial to the present day: prostitution, pornography,
reproductive rights, the balance between motherhood and paid work,
relationships between individual, family, and state. Japanese
Feminist Debates: A Century of Contention on Sex, Love, and Labor
contributes to this discussion in a number of unique ways. The book
is organized around intellectually and politically charged debates,
including important recent developments in state feminism and the
conservative backlash against it, spearheaded by the current prime
minister, Abe Shinzo. Focusing on essential questions that have yet
to be resolved, Ayako Kano traces the emergence and development of
these controversies in relation to social, cultural, intellectual,
and political history. Her focus on the "" rondan""—the Japanese
intellectual public sphere—allows her to show how disputes taking
place therein interacted with both popular culture and policy
making. Kano argues that these feminist debates explain an
important paradox: why Japan is such a highly developed modern
nation yet ranks dismally low in gender equality. Part of the
answer lies in the contested definitions of gender equality and
women's liberation, and this book traces these contentions over the
course of modern Japanese history. It also situates these debates
in relation to modern Japanese social policy and comparative
discussions about welfare regimes. By covering an entire century,
Japanese Feminist Debates is able to trace the origins and
development of feminist consciousness from the late nineteenth
century to the present day. Based on over a decade of research,
this wide-ranging, lively, up-to-date book will both spark
discussion among specialists grappling with long-enduring subjects
of intellectual debate and animate undergraduate and graduate
classrooms on modern Japanese women's history and gender studies.
General
Imprint: |
University of Hawaii Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2018 |
Authors: |
Ayako Kano
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8248-7381-3 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8248-7381-5 |
Barcode: |
9780824873813 |
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