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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 Frühstück 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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Sabine Frühstück is the Koichi Takashima Chair and Professor of Modern Japanese Cultural Studies at UC Santa Barbara.
Zusammenfassung
This dynamic survey describes the changing manifestations of sexes, genders, and sexualities in Japanese society from the 1860s to the present day. Drawing on historical, sociological, ethnographic and visual sources, Sabine Frühstück considers the experiences of an evolving spectrum of boundary-crossing individuals and identities.
