Tag Archives: gender

Book announcement: Sex in Japan’s Globalization, 1870–1930: Prostitutes, Emigration and Nation-Building

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Paula

Bill Mihalopoulos London: Pickering & Chatto, 2011 ISBN-10: 1848932014 ISBN-13: 978-1848932012 http://www.pickeringchatto.com/nationbuilding Based on archival research undertaken in Japan and Britain, Mihalopoulos offers a new perspective on the relations between gender hierarchies and the political economy in a newly modernized … Continue reading →

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Book announcement: Manners and Mischief: Gender, Power, and Etiquette in Japan

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Paula

Laura Miller and Jan Bardsley are pleased to announce the debut of our co-edited volume Manners and Mischief: Gender, Power, and Etiquette in Japan (UC Press, 2011). The book examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Women and Ramen

Posted on March 11, 2011 by LM

On the week of International Women’s Day, I’d like to share some fun links about one of my  favorite subjects: the intersection of food and gender. First is Felicity Hughes’s “New-Style Ramen Targets Female Noodle-Lovers,” which ran in Japan Pulse … Continue reading →

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The Story of the Stone and The Tale of Genji in Modern China and Japan: Issues in Media, Gender, and Cultural Identity

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Paula

Students and researchers in the New York area may be interested in the following symposium on The Story of the Stone and The Tale of Genji , which will take place this Friday and Saturday at Columbia University. See below … Continue reading →

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