Gender and the Koseki In Contemporary Japan : Surname, Power, and Privilege

Introduction and chapter overviews 1. The matter of names and why names matter 2. Separate-surname activism 3. Common-law marriage as a form of koseki resistance 4. Illegitimacy and male privilege: the underlying logic of the koseki 5. Beyond the scope of the koseki: families out of bounds Epilogue: December 20, 2017 Appendix I: Association (Koryukai) timeline