Gender and sexuality in modern Japan / Sabine Frühstück, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frühstück, Sabine, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

New approaches to Asian history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role--Japan.

Sex role.

Sex--Japan.

Sex.

Sexism--Japan.

Sexism.

Feminism--Japan.

Feminism.

Japan.

Physical Description:

x, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"On 18 December 2019, a young woman by the name of Itō Shiori stepped outside the Tokyo District Court holding up a banner reading "victory" (shōso). The court had ruled that Itō had been assaulted by Yamaguchi Noriyuki, a prominent journalist, who would be punished for his crime. This was a significant result given that Japan's sex crime laws do not consider consent; instead, they require evidence of violence and intimidation-which can be difficult to successfully litigate. But with this case the fact that the court had found her "highly trustworthy" marked new ground, bringing Itō to express hope that her case would instigate a change in the law.1 A few months later, Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for her contribution to Japan's #MeToo movement. While Itō's courage was indeed in part inspired by the global reverberations of what had begun under that hashtag, the critique of sexual and gender relations in Japan has a much longer history"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Frühstück, Sabine. Gender and sexuality in modern Japan

ISBN:

9781108420655

1108420656

9781108430722

1108430724

OCLC:

1280207001

Publisher Number:

99990666802