Women’s Studies Starting from Zero

Women’s Studies Starting from Zero: Life Work Theory Read in Terms of Gender
Mutsuko Tendo

186 mm x 130 mm
136 pages
JPY 1,800
ISBN 9784790717850
Pub date: Octorber 2023

Read it and the fog will lift!
A guidebook for those who want to get to grips with the key points of women's studies, gender theory and feminism. It considers gender domination and sexism underfoot through culture, institutions, history and data.

Points of Appeal
1) Empower you and turn your challenges into opportunities
2) Includes thought-provoking questions, keyword commentary and book guide

Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Life and work as read by women’s studies

Chapter 1  Crossing Borders Feminism
History and development of feminism / Second wave feminism: the birth of gender and women's studies / Third wave feminism: the diversity of feminism

Chapter 2  Work and gender
Women’s activities and work-life balance / Gendered work / International comparison of living time / Working and gender equality: beyond the gender gap

Chapter 3  Sexual and bodily self-determination
Reproduction and feminism / Policy change over pregnancy and childbirth in Japan / Reproductive health/rights and the right to sexual self-determination / For whom is the fertility reduction policy for?

Chapter 4  How has child rearing changed?
Family and child rearing as deciphered by childcare strategies / Social history of child rearing: from the Edo period to the Meiji and Taisho periods / The modern family and child-centredness: child rearing after the period of rapid economic growth

Chapter 5  Reconsidering education and sports culture in terms of gender
Cultural transmission and the “hidden curriculum” / Gender equality in education / Sport, gender and gender boundaries

Chapter 6  Local women and citizenship
Women and local communities / Creating a disaster women’s studies / Agriculture and gender equality / SDGs and women: changing and changing from the community

End of chapter  Empowerment through women’s studies
Connecting the local and the global / Women’s independence and empowerment / Challenging structural inequalities / From hardship to empowerment

References / Index