Pub Date : 2023-08-08DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2023.2248143
Irit Weinberg
Abstract Suzuki Izumi’s (1949–1986) short story “Onna to onna no yo no naka” (A World of Women and Women) was published in 1976, at the time when the genre of separatist feminist utopia was flourishing in the West. Worlds of women in the context of Western literature have been viewed as part and parcel of the feminist movement and debates of the 1970s and 1980s and some attempts have been made to look at Suzuki’s story through the same lens. However, this essay claims that “A World of Women and Women” should be examined as an expression of discomfort experienced by women in society rather than as a possible blueprint for a better social order or utopian feminist vision. I contend that Suzuki’s work reflects the contemporary cultural atmosphere of disappointment both with the state and with protest movements, with what the philosopher Yoshimoto Takaaki called “communal illusion.” The story is a critique of a discursive space near and dear to Suzuki’s heart – the world of shōjo narratives (narratives aimed at girls and young women), constructed as an insular space that precludes real engagement with the reality of having to live in a world in which men do exist.
摘要铃木泉（1949–1986）的短篇小说《女人与女人的世界》（Onna to Onna no yo no naka）发表于1976年，当时西方分离主义女权主义乌托邦的流派正在蓬勃发展。西方文学背景下的女性世界被视为20世纪70年代和80年代女权主义运动和辩论的一部分，人们试图用同样的视角来看待铃木的故事。然而，这篇文章声称，《女人和女人的世界》应该被视为女性在社会中所经历的不适的表达，而不是更好的社会秩序或乌托邦女权主义愿景的可能蓝图。我认为铃木的作品反映了当代文化氛围中对国家和抗议运动的失望，哲学家高木义本称之为“公共幻觉”。这个故事是对铃木内心深处的一个话语空间的批判——shōjo叙事（针对女孩和年轻女性的叙事）的世界，作为一个孤立的空间，它排除了与必须生活在一个男人确实存在的世界中的现实的真正接触。
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Pub Date : 2023-07-28DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2023.2240804
Iori Hamada
{"title":"Double truth: employment insecurity and gender inequality in Japan’s neoliberal promotion of side jobs","authors":"Iori Hamada","doi":"10.1080/09555803.2023.2240804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09555803.2023.2240804","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44495,"journal":{"name":"Japan Forum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44752715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-12DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2023.2230997
Andrea Bourgogne
{"title":"Parallel Modernism. Koga Harue and Avant-Garde Art in Modern Japan","authors":"Andrea Bourgogne","doi":"10.1080/09555803.2023.2230997","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09555803.2023.2230997","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44495,"journal":{"name":"Japan Forum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44283622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2023.2230964
Emily Book review
{"title":"Fukushima Fiction: The Literary Landscape of Japan’s Triple Disaster","authors":"Emily Book review","doi":"10.1080/09555803.2023.2230964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09555803.2023.2230964","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44495,"journal":{"name":"Japan Forum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48586970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-12DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2023.2218875
Dean Bowman
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2021.2002389
T. Lamarre
{"title":"Paratopia: anime, school clubs, and the aims of education","authors":"T. Lamarre","doi":"10.1080/09555803.2021.2002389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09555803.2021.2002389","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44495,"journal":{"name":"Japan Forum","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41433296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-29DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2023.2216236
Nicole Valentova
{"title":"Visual Culture of Meiji Japan: Negotiating the Transition to Modernity","authors":"Nicole Valentova","doi":"10.1080/09555803.2023.2216236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09555803.2023.2216236","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44495,"journal":{"name":"Japan Forum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48427923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-18DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2023.2214147
Ian McArthur
{"title":"The Comic Storytelling of Western Japan: Satire and Social Mobility in Kamigata Rakugo","authors":"Ian McArthur","doi":"10.1080/09555803.2023.2214147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09555803.2023.2214147","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44495,"journal":{"name":"Japan Forum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47819564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-08DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2023.2209590
Ferran de Vargas
{"title":"Throwing Ideology Away: Yoshimoto Takaaki’s Theory of Taishū and Terayama Shūji’s Film Parody of the People","authors":"Ferran de Vargas","doi":"10.1080/09555803.2023.2209590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09555803.2023.2209590","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44495,"journal":{"name":"Japan Forum","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44248652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-27DOI: 10.1080/09555803.2023.2200967
Rémy Magnier-Watanabe, Kaoruko Magnier-Watanabe
This study empirically investigates some of the consequences of mandatory telework from home brought about by the first state of emergency following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Japan. There is yet scant research in Japan on the consequences of working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and this article disentangles the concepts of mandatory and involuntary telework. A survey of regular employees in dual income households with children retrospectively assessed the changes in gender role attitudes and work-family conflicts before and during forced telework from home in the Tokyo area in Spring 2020 and shed light on their first experience with telework. Mandatory telework, regardless of frequency, did not affect gender role attitudes among Japanese dual-career couples, and was associated with lower work-family conflict more so among women. Full mandatory telework resulted in higher satisfaction with one's work space at home for women, and a desire for more frequent telework among both genders, once COVID-19 is under control. These results can help individuals, firms, and governments understand the effects of mandatory telework and devise countermeasures supporting flexible work arrangements. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Japan Forum is the property of Routledge and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)
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