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フェミニズムがひらいた道
その歴史と意義が2時間でわかる、著者初の総合的な入門書。
学校で習った「男女雇用機会均等法」や「男女共同参画社会基本法」。これらは、真の男女平等を実現するものではなかった? フェミニズムはなぜ生まれ、何を変え、何を変えられなかったのか。その流れを「四つの波」に分けてコンパクトに解説する。女性参政権、性別役割の解放、#MeToo……。過去を知り、自分の経験を再定義する言葉を手に入れるために。日本におけるフェミニズムを切り開き続けてきた第一人者が、多くの経験知とともにフェミニズムがたどった道のりを語る。
学校で習った「男女雇用機会均等法」や「男女共同参画社会基本法」。これらは、真の男女平等を実現するものではなかった? フェミニズムはなぜ生まれ、何を変え、何を変えられなかったのか。その流れを「四つの波」に分けてコンパクトに解説する。女性参政権、性別役割の解放、#MeToo……。過去を知り、自分の経験を再定義する言葉を手に入れるために。日本におけるフェミニズムを切り開き続けてきた第一人者が、多くの経験知とともにフェミニズムがたどった道のりを語る。
122 pages, Paperback
Published April 25, 2022
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Chizuko Ueno
129 books277 followersChizuko Ueno is a Japanese sociologist and Japan's "best-known feminist".
Her research field includes feminist theory, family sociology, and women's history. She is best known for her contribution to gender studies in Japan. As a public intellectual, she played a central role in creating the field of gender studies in Japanese academia. At the same time, her radical tendency and strong character has invited criticism (she described herself as "critical, assertive, and disobedient").
Ueno is a trenchant critic of postwar revisionism and criticizes the whitewashing of Japanese history, which she claims attempts to justify its colonialism, wartime atrocities, and racism both before and after World War II. In particular, she has defended the compensation of Korean comfort women who were forced into prostitution by the Empire of Japan.
Her research field includes feminist theory, family sociology, and women's history. She is best known for her contribution to gender studies in Japan. As a public intellectual, she played a central role in creating the field of gender studies in Japanese academia. At the same time, her radical tendency and strong character has invited criticism (she described herself as "critical, assertive, and disobedient").
Ueno is a trenchant critic of postwar revisionism and criticizes the whitewashing of Japanese history, which she claims attempts to justify its colonialism, wartime atrocities, and racism both before and after World War II. In particular, she has defended the compensation of Korean comfort women who were forced into prostitution by the Empire of Japan.
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May 3, 2022
A introductory history and social textbook about feminism in Japan (of course the world as well), very easy to read. It simply summarizes author's experience and opinions. Easy for new entry.
The first wave of feminism is social-oriental, demanding equal social rights as defined by laws. The second wave is to liberate women as general combined with men. The third wave is younger generations seeking individual liberation. And the forth, perhaps we are entering already, is to diversity and inclusiveness.
In the end, it ends with "フェミニズムは弱者が弱者のままで尊重されることを求める思想です" which is simply but significantly highlighting author's thought.
The first wave of feminism is social-oriental, demanding equal social rights as defined by laws. The second wave is to liberate women as general combined with men. The third wave is younger generations seeking individual liberation. And the forth, perhaps we are entering already, is to diversity and inclusiveness.
In the end, it ends with "フェミニズムは弱者が弱者のままで尊重されることを求める思想です" which is simply but significantly highlighting author's thought.
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