Gender and the Koseki in Contemporary Japan: Surname, Power, and Privilege

ISBN-13: 9781138674349 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 120 str.

Linda White

Opis

This book engages with gender hierarchy and structural inequality in Japanese society and examines the household register, koseki, one of the central structures shaping gender in Japan today.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. The Matter of Names and Why Names Matter 2. Separate Surname Activism 3. Common-law marriage as a form of koseki resistance 4. Illegitimacy and male privilege: the underlying logic of the koseki 5. Beyond the scope of the koseki: Families out of bounds