Appendix 2: Exhibitions on Feminist Art and Women Artists

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. Contributors xi
4. Preface xxi
5. Introduction to Feminisms in Japan xxiii
6. 1 Academia: Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and Feminist Movements 1
7. 2 Anarchism: Feminist Confrontations with Patriarchy and the State 10
8. 3 Antifeminism: A Trajectory of Mockery, Denial, and Fake Equality 18
9. 4 Art: Feminist Interventions in Theory and Practice 27
10. 5 Care: From the Gender Division of Labor to a Feminist Ethics of Care 36
11. 6 Disability: Feminist Challenges to Eugenics and the Emergence of Disabled Women’s Voices 44
12. 7 Ecology: Feminist Contentions Surrounding “Women’s Logic” and Women’s Complicity 53
13. 8 Education: Feminists Promoting Educational Change and Resisting the Gender Backlash 62
14. 9 Ethnicity: Liberation Movements of Korean Women in Japan and the Discovery of Intersectional Feminism 71
15. 10 The Family and Marriage: The Modern Japanese Trajectory and the Roles of Feminist Movements 80
16. 11 Futures: Possibilities and Pitfalls for Feminism as an Ongoing Political Project 89
17. 12 History: Feminist Negotiations of Female Subjecthood and Cultural Identity 96
18. 13 Housewives: Gendered Identity as a Feminist Claim on Democratic Community 105
19. 14 Language: Feminist Challenges to Linguistic Sexism and Heterosexism 113
20. 15 LGBTIQ: Inclusion and Exclusion within Feminisms 122
21. 16 Liberalism: Liberal Feminism and Women’s Quest for Full Citizenship 131
22. 17 Literary Criticism: Feminist Theory in Classical Japanese Literary Studies 139
23. 18 Literature: Feminist Bodies of Fiction 148
24. 19 Maternalism: Transmutations of Motherhood in Feminist Thought and Activism 156
25. 20 Media: Feminist Strategies to Effect Change in Mass Media Advertising 165
26. 21 Migration: Feminist Perspectives on the Stagnation of “The Lost Thirty Years” 173
27. 22 Peace Movements and Anti-Militarism: Feminists Organizing for Gender Equality and Against War 181
28. 23 Pornography: From Radical Feminist Critique to Organized Victim Support 190
29. 24 Prostitution and Sex Work: Competing Feminist Perspectives on Exploitation and Agency 199
30. 25 Protofeminism: Negotiating the Gender Order of Tokugawa Japan 208
31. 26 Radical Feminism(s): Rising up Within and Against the Japanese Context 216
32. 27 Religion: Feminist Solidarity Beyond Denominational and Confessional Boundaries 227
33. 28 Reproduction: The Feminist Reproductive Rights Movement and the Lingering Shadow of the Eugenic Protection Act 236
34. 29 Sexual Slavery: Feminist Responses to Japan’s System of Military “Comfort Women” 243
35. 30 Sexual Violence: Shifting Conceptions within Feminism and Beyond 252
36. 31 Socialism and Marxism: Feminist Critique of Women’s Labor under Capitalism 261
37. 32 The State: Feminists’ Theoretical and Practical Engagement 270
38. 33 Transnational Movements: Leveraging International Standards and Decolonizing Feminism 278
39. 34 Ūman Ribu: The 1970s Women’s Liberation Movement 287
40. 35 Work: Feminist Challenges to the Employment System and the Underlying Gender Division of Labor 297
41. Appendix 1: Japanese Laws and Policy Plans 307
42. Appendix 2: Exhibitions on Feminist Art and Women Artists 309
43. Index 311