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050		4	_aHQ1762 _b.K3583 2016
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100	1		_aKano, Ayako, _d1966- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aJapanese feminist debates _h[electronic resource] : _ba century of contention on sex, love, and labor / _cAyako Kano.
260			_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bProject Muse, _c2016 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
260			_aHonolulu [Hawaii] : _bUniversity of Hawai{milhring}i Press, _c[2016] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 PDF (ix, 320 pages))
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-305) and index.
505	0		_aDebates? Feminist? Japanese? -- Sex for sale, sex as self : debates on sexuality -- Beyond choice and fate : debates on reproduction -- Labor of love, love of labor : debates on motherhood and work -- Backlash and backpedaling : debates on state feminism.
520			_aRecent 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 Shinzō. 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aSex role _zJapan _xHistory.
650		0	_aWomen's rights _zJapan _xHistory.
650		0	_aFeminism _zJapan _xHistory.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse, _edistributor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version _w(DLC) 2015042751 _z0824855809 _z9780824855802
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/46215/
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Global Cultural Studies
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Asian and Pacific Studies
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
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