Mapping the female body : the discourse on prostitution in Japan (1868-1926)

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dc.contributor.authorUeno, Sonoeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-15T20:10:51Z
dc.date.available2024-08-15T20:10:51Z
dc.date.copyright2003en_US
dc.date.issued2003
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Pacific and Asian Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis provides a historical analysis of the discourse on prostitution in Japan during the Meiji and Taisho periods (1868-1926) . By tracing the discourse on prostitution, this study delineates the origins of the boundary that divides women into good women and prostitutes-this boundary still remains today. This research demonstrates that the dichotomy is not a unproblematic natural given, but is a historical product which has been shaped and determined by a multiplicity of factors: a series of laws issued in the early Meiji period, the implementation of the "good wife, wise mother" ideology, and the whore stigma that emerged from anti ·prostitution movements.
dc.format.extent135 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/19966
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.titleMapping the female body : the discourse on prostitution in Japan (1868-1926)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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