Beyond Common Sense: Sexuality And Gender In Contemporary Japan

by LUNSING

• ISBN13: 9780710305930
• ISBN10: 0710305931
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-01-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Beyond Common Senseis a study of life-styles in Japan that have hitherto remained largely unreported. In a society in which everyone is expected to marry, how do those who choose not to, or live at odds with the mainstream cope? After examining the social, cultural, and political aspects of marriage in Japanese society, Wim Lunsing investigates the different ways in which gays and lesbians, heterosexual single men and women, and others are regarded and relate to each other. Focusing on the relations between gender and sexuality, this book is a much needed contribution to Japanese studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Introduction	1	(34)
Methods and Ethics	35	(39)
Discourses and Politics of Marriage	74	(46)
Trying to Fit: Homosexuality and Feminism in Marriage	120	(44)
Private: Alternative Lifestyles	164	(45)
Dealing with Society: Practical Problems, Passing and Coming Out	209	(52)
Circles: Discussing Gender, Sex, and the Other and the Self	261	(48)
Conclusion	309	(39)
Appendix A: Glossary	348	(15)
Appendix B: Research Groups	363	(4)
References	367