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

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.