Japanese women

Cover of "Women in Japanese Studies: Memoirs from a Trailblazing Generation"

Women in Japanese Studies: Memoirs from a Trailblazing Generation

"Most books present research and pedagogies. We do something different: We share lives—personal stories of how women scholars earned graduate degrees and began careers bridging Japan and North America between the 1950s and 1980 and balanced professional and personal responsibilities. We challenge the common narrative that Japanese Studies was established by men who worked for the US military after World War II or were from missionary families in Japan. This is only part of the story—the field was also created by women who took advantage of postwar opportunities for studying Japan.

Author
Alisa Freedman
Publication
2023
Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan Book Cover

Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan

“This spirited and engaging multidisciplinary volume pins its focus on the lived experiences and cultural depictions of women’s mobility and labor in Japan. The theme of ‘modern girls’ continues to offer a captivating window into the changes that women’s roles have undergone during the course of the last century.” 

Stanford University Press, 304 pages

 

Author
Alisa Freedman
Laura Miller
and Christine R. Yano
Publication
2013
Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Form Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost Book Cover

Japan on American TV: Screaming Samurai Form Anime Clubs in the Land of the Lost

"Japan on American TV explores political, economic, and cultural issues underlying depictions of Japan on U.S. television comedies and the programs they inspired. Since the 1950s, U.S. television programs have taken the role of “curators” of Japan, displaying and explaining selected aspects for viewers. Beliefs in U.S. hegemony over Japan underpin this curation process.

Author
Alisa Freedman
Publication
2021