ジョセイガク ノ ススメ ウエノチヅコ シ コウエンカイ キロク

In Japan, there are a number of names for the studies on women carried out before Women\u27s Studies(joseigaku) appeared. These include studies on problems of "ladies"(fujinmondai), studies on problems of women in general(joseimondai),and studies on women(joseikenkyu). What is the difference between these three types of studies of women and Women\u27s Studies(joseigaku)? Because of the discriminatory nature of the term"ladies,"feminists do not like to use it. Secondly,studies on problems of women gives theimpression of dealing with women who have problems without questioning the society which put women into such situations. Unlike other studies on women, Women\u27s Studies does question whether the perspective in a given study is free from the influence of the male-dominant culture. This is how Women\u27s Studies differs from studies on women. The definition of Women\u27s Studies given by Teruko Inoue as the discipline "for and by and of"women is not quite right,although I admire her Japanese translation of Women\u27s Studies which is joseigaku, not joseikenkyu. The distinction between these three previous types of studies on women and Women\u27s Studies is not only the inclusion of women as the object of study, although it is often thought to be this,but the perspectives which are taken for granted in pre-Women\u27s Studies research,namely the assumption that all women should be housewives and they will be happy. We may find many studies on women done by women from men\u27s views which they internalized. We have to keep in mind that if one can hold a shifted perspective on men and women,she(or he) certainly can do Women\u27s Studies. (Summerized by the Institute

Ectopic thyroid in an adrenal mass: a case report

BACKGROUND: It is difficult to explain ectopic thyroid beneath the diaphragm because during the development the thyroid descends from the tongue to the anterior of the trachea. A few cases of ectopic lesions have been reported in the literature for abdominal organs including the adrenal glands, but the mechanism by which the thyroid components migrate into the abdomen has been poorly understood. CASE PRESENTATION: A 54-year-old woman was diagnosed as having an adrenal mass. Laparoscopic adrenalectomy was carried out. Microscopically, the mass was composed of normal adrenal and ectopic thyroid tissues. CONCLUSION: We herein describe the fourth case reported of ectopic thyroid in the adrenal gland

Narratives of the Past

Changes in the story of the past refashion the history of that past. This is best in the case of the historical epitomized representation of military “comfort women,” a system of sexual slavery organized by the Japanese imperial army during the Asian-Pacific war. In this paper I focus on the shifts in postwar narratives concerning “comfort women”. I will show how these narratives construct the history, both of the victimized women and of the war. In this sense, history is a continuous constru..

A Woman\u27s Right to Die for Her Country? : A Trap of Gender Equality

記念シンポジウム「ジェンダー・国家・市民権」, Fortieth Anniversary Symposium : Gender, Nation, Citizenship11月24日、アメリカ研究所の公開講座「ジェンダー・国家・市民権」が開催された。パネリストは、リンダー・カーバーアイオワ大学教養学部および歴史学科教授と、上野千鶴子東京大学文学部教授であった。カーバー教授は前全米アメリカ史学会会長で、アメリカ市民としての女性のあり方を歴史的に検証する研究を中心に女性と国家の関係について問題提起し国際的に活躍するアメリカ史研究家である。著書にWomen of the Repubilc: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America, Toward an Inteleectural History of Womenなどがある。また、上野教授は社会学者で、日本を代表するジェンダー論の理論家として国際的に活躍しておられる。近著に『近代家族の成立と終焉』、『発情装置』、『ナショナリズムとジェンダー』などがある。なお、コメンテーターは女性史の分野で活躍する西川祐子京都文教大学教授、『近代的家族と国民化について』の著作で近年脚光を浴びる牟田和恵甲南女子大学助教授、モデレーターはアメリカ研究所の池田啓子が務めた