JAPAN 162- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 36 pages long!)
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Introduction to sexuality in modern japan, part ii. Michel foucault"s story of the relationship between sex/sexuality and modernity. To some degree, repression of sex was the case (and some were liberated) Modern period: marked by incitement of discourse of sex/sexuality. The last 300 years: policing of statements about sex and explosion of discourse. Explosion of discourse can help explain the incitement aforementioned. The multiplication of discourses concerning sex in the field of exercise of power itself : an institutional incitement to speak about sex. Peculiar to modern societies; construction of an immense apparatus of truth around sex. Sex is no longer only a matter of sensation and pleasure; of law and taboo, but also of truth and falsehood. Sex was constituted as a problem of truth. Academia shaping sexuality (focus on abstinence and not becoming pregnant) Building of a strong nation and japanese empire. Focused the state"s interest on building a healthy population.
