著者
佐藤 美和
出版者
お茶の水女子大学ジェンダー研究センター
雑誌
ジェンダ-研究 (ISSN:13450638)
巻号頁・発行日
no.11, pp.91-105, 2008-03

In this paper, I show importance of interpreting legalization of same-sex partnerships as a process of "the politics of recognition" for gay and lesbian, through featuring on the argument about legalization of partnerships in U.S.A. In the first section, I survey evolution of lawsuits to demand the right to marry for same-sex couples, from that in 70's to Goodridge decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 2003. From Beahr decision of the Hawaii Supreme Court in 1993 to Goodridge decision, judgments to recognize the right to marry for same-sex couples continued. Then followed those decisions, the problem of same-sex marriage was focused as a political problem and the backlash by conservative groups broke out. I explore such phenomenon by introducing the perspective of "the politics of recognition", propounded by C. Taylor. Then I urge importance of consideration to the essential of the politics of recognition: that is not only an achievement of equal rights but a demand for transformation of majority itself. Therefore, it is a process achieving equality accompanied with social understanding and transformati\on not raising a single acquisition aim to call "marriage".
著者
英 美由紀
出版者
お茶の水女子大学ジェンダー研究センター
雑誌
ジェンダ-研究 (ISSN:13450638)
巻号頁・発行日
no.9, pp.59-70, 2006-03

In contemporary literary trend, the body is regarded as a social/cultural construction and is brought to the forefront in studies of gender, sexuality, race, and class. When viewed from the perspective of such studies,the recent surge of interest in women's concerns about their physical appearance-taking such forms as dieting, fashion, and cosmetics-is an attempt to explore the power relations between the genders. The aim of this paper is to argue that the pursuit of beauty and the rise of plastic surgery as an extreme practice, both related to the female gender, reflect the asymmetrical position of the sexes in modern society. By surveying two theories that discuss women's bodies in the first section of the article,and also by examining Fay Weldon's The Life and the Loves of a She-Devil (1983) as a work exploring plastic surgery. In the following two sections, I conclude that what seems to be the heroine's active choice to undergo surgery is, in effect, formed under the strong influence of gender relations in society. I also find in the portrayal of the heroine that plastic surgery, although often discussed posi\tively in the discourse of liberation, can cause substantial harm to women, both physically and mentally.