Gender, nation and state in modern Japan / edited by Andrea Germer, Vera Mackie and Ulrike Wöhr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Germer, Andrea.

Mackie, Vera C.

Wöhr, Ulrike, 1962-

EBSCOhost.

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Series:

ASAA women in Asia series

Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--Japan--History.

Sex role.

Nationalism--Japan--History.

Nationalism.

Citizenship.

History.

Japan.

Citizenship--Japan--History.

Women--Japan--Social conditions.

Women.

Social conditions.

Japan--History--1868-.

Japan--Civilization--1868-.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 315 pages).

polychrome

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan makes a unique contribution to the international literature on the formation of modern nation-states in its focus on the gendering of the modern Japanese nation-state from the late nineteenth century to the present. References to gender relations are deeply embedded in the historical concepts of nation and nationalism, and in the related symbols, metaphors and arguments. Moreover, the development of the binary opposition between masculinity and femininity and the development of the modern nation-state are processes which occurred simultaneously. They were the product of a shift from a stratified, hereditary class society to a functionally-differentiated social body. This volume includes the work of an international group of scholars from Japan, the United States, Australia and Germany, which in many cases appears in English for the first time. It provides an interdisciplinary perspective on the formation of the modern Japanese nation-state, including comparative perspectives from research on the formation of the modern nation-state in Europe, thus bringing research on Japan into a transnational dialogue. This volume will be of interest in the fields of modern Japanese history, gender studies, political science and comparative studies of nationalism. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: gender, nation and state in modern Japan / Andrea Germer Germer, Andrea, Vera Mackie Mackie, Vera, Ulrike Wöhr Wöhr, Ulrike 1

2 The formation of modern Imperial Japan from the perspective of gender / Hayakawa Noriyo Noriyo, Hayakawa, Leonie Stickland Stickland, Leonie, Ulrike Wöhr Wöhr, Ulrike 25

3 Narratives of heroism in Meiji Japan: nationalism, gender and impersonation / Jason G. Karlin Karlin, Jason G. 48

4 The nexus of nation, culture and gender in modern Japan: the resistance of Kanno Sugako and Kancko Fumiko / Mae Michiko Michiko, Mae, Leonie Stickland Stickland, Leonie 68

5 Domestic roles and the incorporation of women into the nation-state: the emergence and development of the 'good wife, wise mother' ideology' / Koyama Shizuk Shizuk, Koyama, Vera Mackie Mackie, Vera 85

6 The making of Ainu citizenship from the viewpoint of gender and ethnicity / Kojima Kyöko Kyöko, Kojima, Leonie Stickland Stickland, Leonie 101

7 The gendering of work and workers in the process of modernising the textile industry / Himeoka Toshiko Toshiko, Himeoka, Leonil Stickland Stickland, Leonil 119

8 The nation at work: gendered working patterns in the Taisho and Showa periods / Regine Mathias Mathias, Regine 141

9 'The spirit to take up a gun': militarising gender in the Imperial Army / Sabine Frühstück Frühstück, Sabine 163

10 Women's professional expertise and women's suffrage in Japan, 1868-1952 / Sally Ann Hastings Hastings, Sally Ann 180

11 From natalism to family planning: population policy in wartime and the post-war period / Ogino Miho Miho, Ogino, Leonie Stickland Stickland, Leonie 198

12 From mothers of the nation to embodied citizens: gender, nation and reflexive modernisation in Japan / Ilse Lenz Lenz, Ilse 211

13 Gender and citizenship in the anti-nuclear power movement in 1970s Japan / Ulrike Wöhr Wöhr, Ulrike 230

14 Salaryman anxieties in Tokyo Sonata: shifting discourses of state, family and masculinity in post-bubble Japan / Romit Dasgupta Dasgupta, Romit 255

15 Identity politics: gender, nation and state in modern European philosophy / Sidonia Blättler Blättler, Sidonia 273

16 From personal experience to political activism in the 1970s: my view of feminism / Ijjima Aiko Annotated and with An Introduction" Introduction", Ijjima Aiko Annotated and with An, Andrea Germer Germer, Andrea 290.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 16, 2014).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Germer, Andrea. Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan.

ISBN:

9781317667155

1317667158

9781315768670

1315768674

Publisher Number:

99962930314

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