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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 305.420952 EAN 9781558610941 ISBN 1558610944 Manufacturer The Feminist Press at CUNY Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 464 Publication Date December 01, 1994 Publisher The Feminist Press at CUNY Availability Usually ships in 1-2 business days Product Description This volume presents, for the first time ever, a wide-ranging collection of essays on women in Japanese society written by Japanese women themselves. Drawing upon their day-to-day experiences as daughters, sisters, wives, mothers, students, and professionals living and working in Japanese society, Japanse scholars/writers describe and analyze the historical background, current status, and future prospects for Japanese women. Essays focus on the family, language, art, education, religion, the work place, and politics, and highlight the changes in attitudes and consciousness that are taking place in Japan today. This body of scholarship is unrivaled in scope; there is no comparable collection. *Included in Japanese Women* -Historian Sachiko Kaneko describes the struggle for women's suffrage and changes in the family system from the Meiji period through the late twentieth century in 'The Struggle for Legal Rights and Reform.' -Orie Endo, in 'Aspects of Sexism in the Japanese Language,' analyzes unequal gender status and relationships in the language. -Midori Wakakuwa reveals how 'Three Women Artists of the Meiji Period (1868-1912)' escaped the confines of the paternalistic family system. -In 'Pornographic Culture and Sexual Violence,' Kuniko Funabashi studies mass-produced visual media and discusses false notions of femininity and masculinity that have shaped behavior and promoted sexual violence in Japan. -Mioko Fujeida profiles key figures in the early feminist movement during the Meiji-Taisho period in 'Japan's First Phase of Feminism.' Twenty-seven essays by Japanese women (and three men, one an American) discuss the changes in women's status in Japan since the Meiji Restoration (1868). Divided into five parts?women's place in culture, education, marriage and family, work, and the future?the essays range from historical studies of little-known women artists and writers through contemporary studies of sexist portrayals of women in the mass media, continuing gender stereotyping in schools, the pernicious effects of Japan's sex industry, and profiles of women politicians to assessments of the slowly changing attitudes of Japanese men. Most of the contributors are professors at Japanese universities; all of them have considerable backgrounds in women's studies and/or work in eliminating gender discrimination. The focus is very academic, and the translations are dry and sometimes awkward, but this comprehensive study is recommended for academic and larger public libraries.?Katharine L. Kan, Aiea P.L., Hawaii Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. This is the first time a portrait of Japanese women has been written by Japanese women themselves from a feminist perspective: enjoy a volume which blends the latest research of writers and scholars in all fields, who provide both history and social commentary. -- Midwest Book Review This volume presents, for the first time ever, a wide-ranging collection of essays on women in Japanese society written by Japanese women themselves. Drawing upon their day-to-day experiences as daughters, sisters, wives, mothers, students, and professionals living and working in Japanese society, Japanse scholars/writers describe and analyze the historical background, current status, and future prospects for Japanese women. Essays focus on the family, language, art, education, religion, the work place, and politics, and highlight the changes in attitudes and consciousness that are taking place in Japan today. This body of scholarship is unrivaled in scope; there is no comparable collection. *Included in Japanese Women* -Historian Sachiko Kaneko describes the struggle for women's suffrage and changes in the family system from the Meiji period through the late twentieth century in 'The Struggle for Legal Rights and Reform.' -Orie Endo, in 'Aspects of Sexism in the Japanese Language,' analyzes unequal gender status and relationships in the language. -Midori Wakakuwa reveals how 'Three Women Artists of the Meiji Period (1868-1912)' escaped the confines of the paternalistic family system. -In 'Pornographic Culture and Sexual Violence,' Kuniko Funabashi studies mass-produced visual media and discusses false notions of femininity and masculinity that have shaped behavior and promoted sexual violence in Japan. -Mioko Fujeida profiles key figures in the early feminist movement during the Meiji-Taisho period in 'Japan's First Phase of Feminism.' 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