{"product_id":"gender-and-the-koseki-in-linda-white-9781138674349","title":"Gender and the Koseki in Contemporary Japan: Surname, Power, and Privilege","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese \u003ci\u003ekoseki\u003c\/i\u003e system is the legal and social structure keeping record of all Japanese citizens. Determined by the Civil Code and the Koseki Law, for activists challenging it, the \u003ci\u003ekoseki\u003c\/i\u003e is also an ideological structure, which has produced patriarchal control through single-surname households.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on ethnographic fieldwork in Tokyo, this book engages with issues of gender hierarchy and structural inequality in Japanese society. Studying several decades of feminist activism and critique of the \u003ci\u003ekoseki\u003c\/i\u003e system, it analyses the strategies of activists who have creatively circumvented \u003ci\u003ekoseki\u003c\/i\u003e rules in order to maintain their natal names in marriage. It examines the case studies of members of the \u003ci\u003efūfubessei\u003c\/i\u003e (separate surname movement) and the movement to end discrimination against children born out of wedlock, and in so doing this book illuminates the contradictions in current family law and \u003ci\u003ekoseki\u003c\/i\u003e practice that have animated a generation of feminists in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDemonstrating the effect of the \u003ci\u003ekoeski\u003c\/i\u003e on family, gender, and national identity, this book will be useful for students and scholars of Cultural Anthropology, Gender Studies, and Japanese Studies in general.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138674346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138674349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Linda White","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087761256703,"sku":"9781138674349","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26c3b977-44af-4a3d-86bf-cdffcd7417a8.jpg?v=1769101250","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gender-and-the-koseki-in-linda-white-9781138674349","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}