Includes bibliographical references.

Legal rights and reforms : a historical view / Sachiko Kaneko -- Women in Japanese Buddhism / Haruko Okano -- Who's afraid of Amino Kiku? : gender conflict and the literary canon / Chieko M. Ariga -- Unions and disunions : three early lesbian couples / Hitomi Sawabe -- Educational challenges past and present / Kimi Hara and Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow -- The advancement of women in science and technology / Atsuko Kameda -- The changing patterns of marriage and motherhood / Aya Ezawa -- Single mothers / Chieko Akaishi -- The formation and growth of the men's movement / Kimio Ito -- My life as a househusband / Masaki Matsuda -- Defining lesbian partnerships / Saori Kamano and Diana Khor -- Increasing lesbian visibility / Ikuko Sugiura -- Dialogue : activists and politicians on sexuality / Chizuka Oe, Masae Torai, and Aya Kamikawa, with Kumiko Fujimura-Fanselow -- The story of kalakasan and migrant Filipinas / Leny Tolentino & Nanako Inaba -- Revisiting the "comfort women" : moving beyond nationalism / Yeong-Ae Yamashita -- Buraku solidarity / Risa Kumamoto -- Ainu, Buraku, and Zainichi Korean activists unite / Yuriko Hara -- The ever-present glass ceiling / Mami Nakano -- Japanese women professional wrestlers and body image / Keiko Aiba -- Migrants and the sex industry / Kaoru Aoyama -- The nonprofit sector / Nami Otsuki -- Japan's first phase of feminism / Mioko Fujieda -- Backlash against gender equality after 2000 -- The politicization of housewives / Yoko Kunihiro -- Profiles of two politicians / Yoko Kunihiro -- Masako ohkawara : upper house lawmaker -- Mizuho Fukushima : leader of Japan's social democratic party

Libro Electrónico

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