Quick list

Women & Writing in the Heian Court

Gender and Sexuality in Early Modern Japan

Gender and Spirituality

Women's History

The Women's Movement

Modern and Contemporary Women's Writing

Work and Family in Postwar Japan

Gender, Fantasy, and Popular Culture in Contemporary Japan

1. Introductory information

Peter Duus, Modern Japan.
             DS881.9 .D88 1998 (on two-hour reserve)

Mikiso Hane, Premodern Japan : a historical survey.
             DS850 .H36 1991

Mikiso Hane, Modern Japan: a historical survey.
             DS881 .H36 1986

Paul H. Varley, Japanese Culture: A Short History.
             DS821 .V36 1973 (on open stacks reserve)

John Whitney, et al., eds. The Cambridge History of Japan.
             DS835 .C36 1988

Ronald E. Dolan and Robert L. Worden, eds. Japan: A Country Study. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/jptoc.html

2. Reference

Bibliography of Asian Studies. Link from the Middlebury Library site.
http://www.middlebury.edu/~lib/libwebindexes/eastasianlist.html

John W. Dower, Japanese history & culture from ancient to modern times:seven basic bibliographies
             DS835.A1 D6 1986

Kristina Ruth Huber, Women in Japanese Society: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected English-Language Materials
             HQ1762 H82 1992 (on two-hour reserve)

Earl Miner et al., The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature.
             PL726.1.M495 1985 (on open stacks reserve)

Chieko I. Mulhurn. Japanese Women Writers: A Bio-critical Sourcebook.
             Ref PL 725 J37 1994

Sachiko Schierbeck, Japanese women novelists in the 20th century.
             PL725 .S35 1994

3. Middlebury Library Guides:
East Asian Studies
Gay and Lesbian Studies
Japanese Studies
Women's Studies

4. Gender studies web links

Feminist Theory Web Site. Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, Virginia Tech University.
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/index.html

"Feminisim in Japan." Feminist Theory Web Site. Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, Virginia Tech University.
http://www.cddc.ct.edu/feminism/jap.html#Gen

Japan: Gender Issues. Council on East Asian Libraries guide to web resources on Same Sex Issues and Women's Issues.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~felsing/jstuff/gender.html

Women's Studirs: Japan. Guide compiled by the Duke University Library.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/women.html