Broken silence : voices of Japanese feminism / Sandra Buckley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buckley, Sandra, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminists--Japan--Interviews.

Feminists.

Feminism--Japan.

Feminism.

Feminist theory--Japan.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1997]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Broken Silence brings together for the first time many of Japan's leading feminists, women who have been bucking the social mores of a patriarchal society for years but who remain virtually unknown outside Japan. While Japan is often thought to be without a significant feminist presence, these interviews and essays reveal a vital community of women fighting for social change. Sandra Buckley's dialogues with poets, journalists, teachers, activists, and businesswomen exemplify the diversity of Japanese feminism: we meet Kanazumi Fumiko, a lawyer who assists women in a legal system that has long discriminated against them; Kora Rumiko, a poet who reclaims and redefines language to convey her experiences as a woman; Nakanishi Toyoko, founder of the Japanese Women's Bookstore; and Ueno Chizuko, a professor who has tackled such issues as pornography and abortion reform both in and out of the academy. These women speak to a host of issues--the politics of language, the treatment of women in medicine and law, the deeply entrenched role of women as mothers and caregivers, the future of feminism in Japan, and the relationship between Japanese feminists and "western" feminisms. Broken Silence will do much to dispel Western stereotypes about Japanese women and challenge North American attitudes about feminism abroad. With a timeline, glossary, and comprehensive list of feminist organizations, this is a long overdue collection sure to inform and excite all those interested in feminism and Japan.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

AOKI YAYOI

Interview

Feminism and Imperialism

Selected Works

IDE SACHIKO

Excerpts from Women’s Language, Men’s Language

KANAZUMI FUMIKO

Problematizing Reproductive Technologies

KŌRA RUMIKO

Selected Poems and Prose

MATSUI YAYORI

Asian Migrant Women in Japan

MIYA YOSHIKO

Excerpts from Sexuality

NAKANISHI TOYOKO

Excerpts from Our Bodies, Ourselves

OCHIAI KEIKO

Interview (with Uchida Junko)

The Rape (Chapter 1)

SAITŌ CHIYO

What Is Japanese Feminism?

UENO CHIZUKO

Are the Japanese Feminine? Some Problems of Japanese Feminism in its Cultural Context

CHRONOLOGY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF JAPANESE WOMEN (1868-1991)

FEMINIST AND RELATED WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS

GLOSSARY

INDEX

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780585054414

058505441X

9780520914681

0520914686

OCLC:

1163877793