일본 근대 여공의 생리휴가와 월경담론의 유용(流用) - 배제와 편입의 이질서사 -
Menstrual Leave and the Appropriation of Menstrual Discourse in Early Modern Japan - Heterogeneous Histories of Exclusion and Inclusion -
This study examines the emergence of menstrual leave for female factory workers in Japan between the 1910s and 1954, focusing on the interplay of literature, labor unions, administrative policies, and medical discourse. By analyzing sources such as Jokō Aishi (1925), union documents (1927–1928), government surveys, and wartime medical texts, the research highlights how menstrual leave was framed through medicalization, maternalist ideology, institutional codification, and eventual appropriation by women themselves. The findings show that humanitarian narratives of sacrifice were translated into union demands, while administrative and medical texts reinforced the rhetoric of “protection” tied to national efficiency. Yet, women workers also appropriated this discourse, using it strategically to justify absences and negotiate working conditions. This dual process positioned female workers both as objects of regulation and as agents who redefined official language for their own purposes. Rather than a linear trajectory from medicalization to legalization, menstrual leave discourse reveals a cyclical structure of emotional mobilization, institutionalization, and appropriation. The study concludes that menstrual leave functioned not only as a labor-rights issue but also as a symbolic medium of collective emotions, shaping the boundary subjectivity of female workers in modern Japan.
한국일본언어문화학회 [Japanese Language & Culture Association of Korea]
설립연도
2001
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
본 학회는 일본어학 및 일본문학은 물론, 일본의 정치, 경제, 문화, 사회 등의 일본학 전반에 걸친 연구 및 일본의 언어, 문화를 매체로 한 한국과의 비교 연구를 대상으로 하고 있다. 본 학회는 회원들에게 연구 발표 및 정보 교환의 기회를 부여하고 나아가 한국에서의 바람직한 일본 연구 자세를 확립하는 것을 주된 목표로 하고 있다.