WOMEN’S STUDIES Vol. 17 (2009)

Journal of Women’s Studies Association of Japan

WOMEN’S STUDIES Vol. 17 (2009)

Edited by the Editorial Committee of the Women’s Studies Association of Japan

CONTENTS

Special Issue: Querying Poverty and Labor from a Gender Perspective
A Single Woman: Speaking as “the Other Woman” in Feminism or Engaging in “the Other Woman” in Myself KURITA Ryouko
Single Mothers: A Discussion with the Women’s Studies Association of Japan AKAISHI Chieko
Women’s Studies: Its Needs to Develop its Own Interdisciplinary Foundation TANAKA Kazuko
Articles:
An Analysis of the Increase and the Variety of Local Women Legislators in Japan: Career Paths of Women’s Candidates in Local Elections OKI Naoko
Complicated Gender Factors in the Enactment of the Spouse Visa in the Japanese 1982 Immigration law: A Case of Counter Action by The Association for Multi-Cultural Families (AMF) KOBAYASHI Junko
Analysis of Experienced Employees in Women’s Centers: Their Ability and its Interrelationship NAITO Kazumi
Prenatal Testing: Disentangling Solidarity from Conflicts between Feminists and Disability Activists HAYASHI Chiaki

Published by The Women’s Studies Association of Japan, Tokyo, Japan