Scream from the shadows [electronic resource] : the women's liberation movement in Japan / Setsu Shigematsu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shigematsu, Setsu.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Japan.

Feminism.

Women--Japan.

Women.

Women--Japan--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

More than forty years ago a women's liberation movement called uman ribu was born in Japan amid conditions of radicalism, violence, and imperialist aggression. Setsu Shigematsu's book is the first to present a sustained history of uman ribu 's formation, its political philosophy, and its contributions to feminist politics across and beyond Japan. Through an in-depth analysis of uman ribu , Shigematsu furthers our understanding of Japan's gender-based modernity and imperialism and expands our perspective on transnational liberation and feminist movements worldwide. In Scream from the Shadows ,

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface: Feminism and Violence in the Womb of Empire; Introduction: Ūman Ribu as Solidarity and Difference; I. GENEALOGIES AND VIOLATIONS; 1 Origins of the Other/Onna: The Violence of Motherhood and the Birth of Ribu; 2 Lineages of the Left: Death and Reincarnation of a Revolutionary Ideal; II. MOVEMENTS AND MEDIUMS; 3 The Liberation of Sex, Onna, and Eros: The Movement and the Politics of Collective Subjectivity; 4 Ribu and Tanaka Mitsu: The Icon, the Center, and Its Contradictions; III. BETWEEN FEMINISM AND VIOLENCE

5 Ribu's Response to the United Red Army: Feminist Ethics and the Politics of ViolenceEpilogue: Lessons from the Legacy; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4693-0

0-8166-8012-4

OCLC:

792688086