Broken Silence

Voices of Japanese Feminism

Author: Sandra Buckley
ISBN: 9780520085145

Broken Silence brings together for the first time many of Japan's leading feminists, women who have been bucking the social mores of a patriarchal society for years but who remain virtually unknown outside Japan. While Japan is often thought to be without a significant feminist presence, these interviews and essays reveal a vital community of women fighting for social change. Sandra Buckley's dialogues with poets, journalists, teachers, activists, and businesswomen exemplify the diversity of Japanese feminism: we meet Kanazumi Fumiko, a lawyer who assists women in a legal system that has long discriminated against them; Kora Rumiko, a poet who reclaims and redefines language to convey her experiences as a woman; Nakanishi Toyoko, founder of the Japanese Women's Bookstore; and Ueno Chizuko, a professor who has tackled such issues as pornography and abortion reform both in and out of the academy. These women speak to a host of issues—the politics of language, the treatment of women i

Publisher: University of California Press
Publish Date: 1997

Subjects: History / Asia / General, History / Asia / Japan, Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social Science / Gender Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Asian-American/Asian)