Transforming Japan
Subtitle: how feminism and diversity are making a difference
By: edited by Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow
Publisher: Feminist Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9781558616998
Subjects: Social conditions; Minority women; Feminism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Legal rights and reforms : a historical view / Sachiko Kaneko; title: Women in Japanese Buddhism / Haruko Okano; title: Who's afraid of Amino Kiku? : gender conflict and the literary canon / Chieko M. Ariga; title: Unions and disunions : three early lesbian couples / Hitomi Sawabe; title: Educational challenges past and present / Kimi Hara and Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow; title: The advancement of women in science and technology / Atsuko Kameda; title: The changing patterns of marriage and motherhood / Aya Ezawa; title: Single mothers / Chieko Akaishi; title: The formation and growth of the men's movement / Kimio Ito; title: My life as a househusband / Masaki Matsuda; title: Defining lesbian partnerships / Saori Kamano and Diana Khor; title: Increasing lesbian visibility / Ikuko Sugiura; title: Dialogue : activists and politicians on sexuality / Chizuka Oe, Masae Torai, and Aya Kamikawa, with Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow; title: The story of kalakasan and migrant Filipinas / Leny Tolentino & Nanako Inaba; title: Revisiting the "comfort women" : moving beyond nationalism / Yeong-Ae Yamashita; title: Buraku solidarity / Risa Kumamoto; title: Ainu, Buraku, and Zainichi Korean activists unite / Yuriko Hara; title: The ever-present glass ceiling / Mami Nakano; title: Japanese women professional wrestlers and body image / Keiko Aiba; title: Migrants and the sex industry / Kaoru Aoyama; title: The nonprofit sector / Nami Otsuki; title: Japan's first phase of feminism / Mioko Fujieda; title: Backlash against gender equality after 2000; title: The politicization of housewives / Yoko Kunihiro; title: Profiles of two politicians / Yoko Kunihiro; title: Masako ohkawara : upper house lawmaker; title: Mizuho Fukushima : leader of Japan's social democratic party