Women on the Right
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Right-wing social movements have been increasingly active in Japan since around 2000. Female members of right-wing political parties and other women activists on the right, including "internet right-wingers," strongly criticize liberal statements by other women, slandering female victims of sexual violence and comfort women, and opposing gender equality initiatives.
This work seeks to understand why this happens by comprehensively exploring the activities, mentalities and consciousness of women who participate in conservative activism, using discourse analysis, interviews and fieldwork observation.
About Editors and Authors
Ayaka Suzuki is Associate Professor at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba. The original book in Japanese received the 20th Osaragi Jiro Prize in 2020, which honors outstanding research on Japanese politics, economics, society, culture, and international relations.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Part I A History of the Japanese Conservative Movement
1 Conservatism, the conservative movement, and the right-wing
2 Lineage of the conservative movement in postwar Japan
Part II The Conservative Movement and the Family
3 Changes in the family discourse: Image of the ‘suffering mother’
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Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Part I A History of the Japanese Conservative Movement
1 Conservatism, the conservative movement, and the right-wing
2 Lineage of the conservative movement in postwar Japan
Part II The Conservative Movement and the Family
3 Changes in the family discourse: Image of the ‘suffering mother’
4 The politics of ‘family values’: An analysis of conservative magazine articles
5 The women’s movement against gender equality
Part III The Conservative Movement, Women’s Lives and Sexuality
6 The contentious ‘comfort women’ issue
7 Women who cannot sneer at comfort women: Interaction and gender in the action conservative movement
Conclusion: The women’s conservative movement in Japan: Its difficulties and prospects
Bibliography
Appendix: Translations of organization names
Index
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