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Feminist Movements in Contemporary Japan

Feminist Movements in Contemporary Japan

Dales, Laura

Paperback

Series: ASAA Women in Asia

General Political ScienceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0415673577
ISBN13: 9780415673570
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 11 2011
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.36 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

In contemporary Japan there is much ambivalence about women's roles, and the term feminism is not widely recognised or considered relevant. Nonetheless, as this book shows, there is a flourishing feminist movement in contemporary Japan. The book investigates the features and effects of feminism in contemporary Japan, in non-government (NGO) women's groups, government-run women's centres and the individual activities of feminists Haruka Yoko and Kitahara Minori. Based on two years of fieldwork conducted in Japan and drawing on extensive interviews and ethnographic data, it argues that the work of individual activists and women's organisations in Japan promotes real and potential change to gender roles and expectations among Japanese women. It explores the ways that feminism is created, promoted and limited among Japanese women, and advocates a broader construction of what the feminist movement is understood to be and a rethinking of the boundaries of feminist identification. It also addresses the impact of legislation, government bureaucracy, literature and the internet as avenues of feminist development, and details the ways which these promote agency - the ability to act - among Japanese women.

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