Translating Maternal Violence : The Discursive Construction of Maternal Filicide in 1970s Japan

• Main Author: Castellini, Alessandro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Thinking Gender in Transnational Times
• Subjects: Takahashi, Takako > 1932-2013; násilí na dětech > 1971-1980 > Japonsko; kriminalita > sociologické aspekty > 1971-1980 > Japonsko; mateřství > dějiny > 20. století > Japonsko; kulturální studia; feminismus; japonská literatura; child abuse > 1971-1980 > Japan; crime > sociological aspects > 1971-1980 > Japan; motherhood > history > 20th century > Japan; cultural studies; feminism; Japanese literature; elektronické knihy; monografie; electronic books; monographs
• ISBN: 9781137538826
• DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-53882-6
• Physical Description: XI, 273 p. 3 illus. online resource.

This book provides the first full-length, English-language investigation of the multiple and often contradictory ways in which mothers who kill their children were portrayed in 1970s Japan. It offers a snapshot of a historical and social moment when motherhood was being renegotiated, and maternal vi...