Motherhood discourses and political activism in post-3.11 movements in Japan

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dc.contributor.authorDawood, Rosemary Soliman
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-09T11:41:49Z
dc.date.available2024-10-09T11:41:49Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.descriptionIn September 2015, the National Diet of Japan enacted many statutes calling on the administration of then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to amend Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution renouncing war and prohibiting any potential exercise of the right of collective self-defense in wartime.
dc.description.abstractThe triple disaster in March 2011 (i.e. 3.11) triggered a national crisis that affected Japanese society on many levels. Strikingly, this crisis gave visibility to protest groups with no prior political activity organizing demonstrations against the government. One such group was Mama no Kai, an assembly of anti-war mothers protesting against peace and security legislation and the amendment of Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan. This paper focuses on Mama no Kai activism and the group’s use of motherhood discourses. Through participant observation and semi-structured interviews with assembly members, the study aims to identify the primary characteristics of mothers’ activism in the post-3.11 era, the development of the use of motherhood discourses, and the contribution of their strategies to the paradigm shift of mothers’ movements in Japanese urban activism. Keywords: Discourses, Japanese Women, Mama No Kai, Motherhood, Motherhood, Mothers’ Movements, Post-3.11
dc.identifier.citationDawood, R. S. (2024). Motherhood discourses and political activism in post-3.11 movements in Japan. Contemporary Japan, 36(1), 70-85.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/18692729.2022.2066988
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.adu.ac.ae/handle/1/6659
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.titleMotherhood discourses and political activism in post-3.11 movements in Japan
dc.typeArticle

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