Women in Japanese Society: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected English Language Materials

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This bibliography contains more than 2300 annotated entries on the life of women in Japan. It includes books and book chapters, articles in scholarly journals and popular magazines, and published conference papers. The authors have searched through databases, bibliographies, and indexes, and have based their detailed annotations on a close examination of the works cited. The volume lists works published in English from 1841 to the present, and a particularly significant feature is the inclusion of literary works by Japanese women. While most of the works cited directly treat the experiences of women in Japan, others provide a context. The book is further balanced by material on non-Japanese women living in Japan. An introduction provides detailed instructions for using the volume. The bibliography is divided into a number of broad sections on the public and private life of women, and entries in each section are grouped in more specific categories covering home life, politics, education, religion, careers, leisure, and other areas. The sections on literature briefly summarise the lives of poets and prose writers and list their works. A concluding section presents reviews and overviews of scholarship on women in Japan. The extensive author, title, and subject indexes should make this book valuable to researchers in a wide range of disciplines.

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This source is strongly recommended for libraries on Japanese studies and on women's issues.-ARBA 93
"This source is strongly recommended for libraries on Japanese studies and on women's issues."-ARBA 93

Author Bio

KRISTINA RUTH HUBER is a Reference and Bibliographic Instruction Librarian and an Assistant Professor at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. She has published several articles in Research Strategies and is the compiler of one other book-length bibliography. Her long-standing interest in Japan dates from her experiences as an AFS exchange student and her studies at Earlham College and the International Division of Waseda University. KATHRYN SPARLING is Professor of Japanese Language and Literature at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota. She has published articles in the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies and elsewhere, and has translated two books from Japanese into English. Her current research is in fiction by contemporary Japanese women.