a century of contention on sex, love, and labor
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Kano, Ayako
- Publish Year
- 2016
- Shelfmark
- O AZ 1P 2018 - B
- Thesaurus
- feminisme, abortussen, huwelijken, seksualiteit, leefvormen, moederschap, politieke participatie, Japan, 21e eeuw
- Description
- The book is organized around intellectually and politically charged debates, including important recent developments in state feminism and the conservative backlash against it, spearheaded by the current prime minister, Abe Shinzo. Kano focus on the ' rondan', the Japanese intellectual public sphere, allows her to show how disputes taking place therein interacted with both popular culture and policy making. Kano argues that these feminist debates explain an important paradox: why Japan is such a highly developed modern nation yet ranks dismally low in gender equality.