The Handbook of Feminisms in Japan seeks to give a broad and, even without prior knowledge of Japan, easily accessible introduction to a range of feminisms in this non-Western context. With a useful comparative framework, it aims to advance transnational and international perspectives on feminisms around the world. It identifies discourses, theoretical positions and areas of feminist activity or intervention that readily correspond with those of feminisms in other countries, presenting chapters on topics such as radical feminism, maternalism, anarchism, literature, religion and pornography, but it also includes entries on specific historical and socio-cultural configurations, such as Japan’s women’s liberation movement, Uman Ribu. Building on a growing body of erudite scholarship in Japanese, English and other languages, each chapter succinctly traces historical developments of particular discourses or movements and situates them in the local political and societal context while also making reference to the wider Asian and global contexts. The authors identify the central actors and discuss the theoretical implications and political dimensions of particular feminisms or aspects of feminism in Japan. The discussion in each chapter is based on relevant primary and secondary sources, thus introducing the reader to material for further reading and research.
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction to Feminisms in Japan
- Andrea Germer and Ulrike Wöhr
- 1 Academia: Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and Feminist Movements
- Inoue Teruko and Kaya Emiko
- 2 Anarchism: Feminist Confrontations with Patriarchy and the State
- 3 Antifeminism: A Trajectory of Mockery, Denial and Fake Equality
- 4 Art: Feminist Interventions in Theory and Practice
- 5 Care: From the Gender Division of Labor to a Feminist Ethics of Care
- 6 Disability: Feminist Challenges to Eugenics and the Emergence of Disabled Women’s Voices
- Anna-Viktoria Vittinghoff
- 7 Ecology: Feminist Contentions Surrounding “Women’s Logic” and Women’s Complicity
- 8 Education: Feminists Promoting Educational Change and Resisting the Gender Backlash
- 9 Ethnicity: Liberation Movements of Korean Women in Japan and the Discovery of Intersectional Feminism
- 10 The Family and Marriage: Feminist Interventions in a Society with a Bilateral Kinship Structure
- 11 Futures: Possibilities and Pitfalls for Feminism as an Ongoing Political Project
- 12 History: Feminist Negotiations of Female Subjecthood and Cultural Identity
- 13 Housewives: Gendered Identity as a Feminist Claim on Democratic Community
- 14 Language: Feminist Challenges to Linguistic Sexism and Heterosexism
- 15 LGBTIQ: Inclusion and Exclusion within Feminisms
- 16 Liberalism: Liberal Feminism and Women’s Quest for Full Citizenship
- 17 Literary Criticism: Feminist Theory in Classical Japanese Literary Studies
- 18 Literature: Feminist Bodies of Fiction
- Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt
- 19 Maternalism: Transmutations of Motherhood in Feminist Thought and Activism
- 20 Media: Feminist Strategies to Effect Change in Mass Media Advertising
- 21 Migration: Feminist Perspectives on the Stagnation of “The Lost Thirty Years”
- 22 Peace Movements and Anti-Militarism: Feminists Organizing for Gender Equality and Against War
- 23 Pornography: From Radical Feminist Critique to Organized Victim Support
- 24 Prostitution and Sex Work: Competing Feminist Perspectives on Exploitation and Agency
- 25 Protofeminism: Negotiating the Gender Order of Tokugawa Japan
- 26 Radical Feminism(s): Rising up Within and Against the Japanese Context
- 27 Religion: Feminist Solidarity Beyond Denominational and Confessional Boundaries
- 28 Reproduction: The Feminist Reproductive Rights Movement and the Lingering Shadow of the Eugenic Protection Act
- 29 Sexual Slavery: Feminist Responses to Japan’s System of Military “Comfort Women”
- 30 Sexual Violence: Shifting Conceptions, within Feminism and Beyond
- 31 Socialism and Marxism: Feminist Critique of Women’s Labor under Capitalism
- 32 The State: Feminists’ Theoretical and Practical Engagement
- 33 Transnational Movements: Leveraging International Standards and Decolonizing Feminism
- 34 Ūman Ribu: The 1970s Women’s Liberation Movement
- 35 Work: Feminist Challenges to the Employment System and the Underlying Gender Division of Labor
- Appendix 1: Japanese Laws and Policy Plans
- Appendix 2: Exhibitions on Feminist Art and Women Artists
- Index
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