Gender and sexuality in modern Japan
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Gender and sexuality in modern Japan
（New approaches to Asian history）
Cambridge University Press, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-232) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan describes the ever-changing manifestations of sexes, genders, and sexualities in Japanese society from the 1860s to the present day. Analysing a wide range of texts, images and data, Sabine Fruhstuck considers the experiences of females, males and the evolving spectrum of boundary-crossing individuals and identities in Japan. These include the intersexed conscript in the 1880s, the first 'out' lesbian war reporter in the 1930s, and pregnancy-vest-wearing male governors in the present day. She interweaves macro views of history with stories about individual actors, highlighting how sexual and gender expression has been negotiated in both the private and the public spheres and continues to wield the power to critique and change society. This lively and accessible survey introduces Japanese ideas about modern manhood, modern womenhood, reproduction, violence and sex during war, the sex trade, LGBTQ identities and activism, women's liberation, feminisms and visual culture.
Table of Contents
- 1. Building the nation and modern manhood
- 2. Controlling reproduction and motherhood
- 3. Redefining womanhoods
- 4. Sex at war
- 5. The politics of sexual labor
- 6. Queer identities and activisms
- 7. Sexing visual culture
- 8. Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index.
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