Re-Imaging Japanese Women

"While [this book] shows that conventions and stereotypes have not changed much, the wealth of detail in these thirteen articles shows that reality is far more flexible and nuanced than the rhetoric implies."—American Anthropologist

"Collectively the essays make two important points. First, they serve to underline both the continuities in gender roles and perceptions in postwar Japan, and the fairly substantial changes that have been engineered within these continuities. . . . Second, the papers indicate the immense range of experience existing among Japanese women. . . . [This collection] will be of interest not only to specialists in the Japan scene, but to those involved in gender studies as well."—Monumenta Nipponica

"[This] work presents a valuable composite portrait of Japanese women that brings them into focus for Western readers [and] shows how the path of female advancement over the past century in Japan has been as uneven and as difficult as anywhere else in the world."—Asian Affairs

"This unique collection of essays gives a broad, interdisciplinary view of contemporary Japanese women against the backdrop of domestic and global change."—Feminist Bookstore News