"Engendering Proper Behavior: Didactic Texts for Women and Boys in Late Seventeenth-Century Japan"

Marcia Yonemoto, Associate Professor of History, University of Colorado, will focus on the articulation and conceptualization of gender roles in “Onna chohoki” (1692) and “Otoko chohoki” (1693), which were published educational and instructional texts for women and boys, respectively. Some central questions she will address are: How was proper behavior for women and boys defined and taught in late-seventeenth century Japan? What was the role of published prescriptive literature in shaping gender roles and gendered behavior? How can historians measure the effects of these texts?

This talk is a Japan Brown Bag sponsored by CEAS, Asia Pacific Research Center and the Stanford Society of Fellows in Japanese Studies