Reflections on the study of Japanese women from the autoethnography of a Mexican researcher
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Autoethnography, Japanese women, Gender discourses, Global South, Cultural nationalismAbstract
This essay explores the experience of a Mexican researcher who, through autoethnography, reflects on her trajectory of studying the social and cultural realities of Japanese women who challenge social expectations and Japanese pop culture at a time when this topic was marginalized in Mexican academia. Drawing on diaries and field materials, as well as texts resulting from various research projects, the author situates both her research experiences and her knowledge production within the context of being a border woman and a Latin American. Using critical frameworks such as Orientalism and poststructuralism, she examines how media representations shape discourses of power and gender, and how women negotiate these tensions in their daily lives. The essay also reflects on the epistemological difficulties of researching Japan from the Global South and defends the value of a peripheral perspective that connects the experiences of women in different contexts but shaped by similar patriarchal logics. Ultimately, it is proposed that the study of Asian women by women from the Global South allows for a critical dialogue between theory and experience, decolonizing Asian studies through a situated and feminist voice.
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