 Gender as Intersectionality: Multiple Discrimination against Minority Women in JapanJennifer Chan-Tiberghien Chapter 8 in Changing Japanese Business, Economy and Society, 2004, pp 158-181 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract I am an indigenous Ainu woman from Hokkaido, the northern island in Japan. As a result of being forcibly assimilated and ruled over by the Japanese government and because of structural discrimination, the indigenous Ainu have continued to be invaded by the mainstream Japanese culture… In addition, among Ainu, the situation of Ainu women is even more serious because of the strong patriarchal ideology. Because the severe discrimination and poverty resulted in a lack of education, illiteracy among Ainu women aged over fifty is widespread, and these women are thus forced to pursue occupations with bad conditions of employment… Under this harsh discrimination, some Ainu women chose Japanese men as their spouses, because they wanted to dilute the Ainu blood as thin as they could. As a result, these women are harassed by their Japanese husbands with words of disdain for being Ainu. (Testimony from Ryoko Tahara, Ainu Association of Hokkaido) Keywords: Migrant Worker; Japanese Woman; Racial Discrimination; Japanese Government; Minority Woman (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52404-0_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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