Title Transforming Japan : how feminism and diversity are making a difference / edited by Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow

Published New York : The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, [2011]

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Description 1 online resource Series Book collections on Project MUSE UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies Contents Legal rights and reforms : a historical view / Sachiko Kaneko -- Women in Japanese Buddhism / Haruko Okano -- Who's afraid of Amino Kiku? : gender conflict and the literary canon / Chieko M. Ariga -- Unions and disunions : three early lesbian couples / Hitomi Sawabe -- Educational challenges past and present / Kimi Hara and Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow -- The advancement of women in science and technology / Atsuko Kameda -- The changing patterns of marriage and motherhood / Aya Ezawa -- Single mothers / Chieko Akaishi -- The formation and growth of the men's movement / Kimio Ito -- My life as a househusband / Masaki Matsuda -- Defining lesbian partnerships / Saori Kamano and Diana Khor -- Increasing lesbian visibility / Ikuko Sugiura -- Dialogue : activists and politicians on sexuality / Chizuka Oe, Masae Torai, and Aya Kamikawa, with Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow -- The story of kalakasan and migrant Filipinas / Leny Tolentino & Nanako Inaba -- Revisiting the "comfort women" : moving beyond nationalism / Yeong-Ae Yamashita -- Buraku solidarity / Risa Kumamoto -- Ainu, Buraku, and Zainichi Korean activists unite / Yuriko Hara -- The ever-present glass ceiling / Mami Nakano -- Japanese women professional wrestlers and body image / Keiko Aiba -- Migrants and the sex industry / Kaoru Aoyama -- The nonprofit sector / Nami Otsuki -- Japan's first phase of feminism / Mioko Fujieda -- Backlash against gender equality after 2000 -- The politicization of housewives / Yoko Kunihiro -- Profiles of two politicians / Yoko Kunihiro -- Masako ohkawara : upper house lawmaker -- Mizuho Fukushima : leader of Japan's social democratic party Summary When the feminist movement arrived in Japan in the 1990s, no one could have imagined the transformational impact on every aspect of life there. Lesbians and bisexuals are coming out of the closet, ever-present minorities are visibly activist, single mothers are a growing population, and women are becoming political leaders. Here is the most comprehensive collection by Japanese scholars and activists on these enormous changes in contemporary Japan. Born in Japan, Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow spent her formative years in the United States during the civil rights movement. She is now a professor of Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 13, 2020) Subject Feminism -- Japan Minority women -- Japan SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. Feminism Minority women Social conditions SUBJECT Japan -- Social conditions -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008001967 Subject Japan Form Electronic book Author Fujimura-Fanselow, Kumiko, 1947- editor. LC no. 2010047349 ISBN 9781558617001 1558617000

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