Gender and Law in the Japanese Imperium /

Gender and Law in the Japanese Imperium / / ed. by Susan L. Burns, Barbara J. Brooks.

Beginning in the nineteenth century, law as practice, discourse, and ideology became a powerful means of reordering gender relations in modern nation-states and their colonies around the world. This volume puts developments in Japan and its empire in dialogue with this global phenomenon. Arguing aga...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
MitwirkendeR:
Botsman, Daniel,
Brooks, Barbara,
Burns, Susan,
Chao-ju, Chen,
Flaherty, Darryl,
Fuess, Harald,
Hastings, Sally,
Howland, Douglas,
Motokazu, Matsutani,
TeilnehmendeR:
Botsman, Daniel.
Chen, Chao-ju.
Flaherty, Darryl.
Fuess, Harald.
Hastings, Sally.
Howland, Douglas R.
Matsutani, Motokazu.
HerausgeberIn:
Brooks, Barbara J.,
Burns, Susan L.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 1 line drawing
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on East Asian Names and Terms
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Prostitution, Law, and Human Rights
  • Chapter 1. The Maria Luz Incident Personal Rights and International Justice for Chinese Coolies and Japanese Prostitutes
  • Chapter 2. Disputing Rights The Debate over Anti-Prostitution Legislation in 1950s Japan
  • Part II. Crime, Punishment, and Gender
  • Chapter 3. Gender in the Arena of the Courts The Prosecution of Abortion and Infanticide in Early Meiji Japan
  • Chapter 4. Adultery and Gender Equality in Modern Japan, 1868-1948
  • Chapter 5. Of Pity and Poison Imprisoning Women in Modern Japan
  • Chapter 6. Burning Down the House Gender and Jury in a Tokyo Courtroom, 1928
  • Part III. Colonial Law and the Problem of the Family
  • Chapter 7. Sim-pua under the Colonial Gaze Gender, "Old Customs," and the Law in Taiwan under Japanese Imperialism
  • Chapter 8. Japanese Colonialism, Gender, and Household Registration: Legal Reconstruction of Boundaries
  • Chapter 9. A New Perspective on the "Name-Changing Policy" in Korea
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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