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Thanks
for your note to FEMINIST.COM.
Because I don't know of any
one resource that specifically
specializes in these three distant
cultures--Japanese, American
and Middle Eastern--I think
that you will have to do research
on each culture separately and
then draw your own comparisons.
Also, if I may suggest, while
the former two deal directly
with specific countries (assuming
that you are talking about North
America) and the latter a region,
maybe you could choose one country
in the Middle East to focus
on.
Regardless, here are a few suggestions:
For Japan--The Japanese
Woman: Traditional Image & Changing
Reality by Sumiko Iwao
(Harvard University Press, 1993);
36 Views of Mt. Fuji:
On Finding Myself Japan--by
Cathy Davidson, (Dutton)--though
this is more memoir--it has
relevant information.
For the Middle East--Nine
Parts of Desire: The Hidden
World of Islamic Women
by Geraldine Brooks (Anchor
Books).
For America--A Century
of Women by Sheila Rowbatham
(which also is about women in
England). There is also The
American Woman's Almanac
by Louise Bernikow. You can
try searching for these titles
at
Amazon.com.
And Sisterhood
is Global has write-ups
on almost every country. Because
your topic is so broad, perhaps
you want to focus on one specific
issue and how it manifests itself
in each of these countries/regions
over the course of the last
century. If you choose to do
that, you can also search for
information by searching on
organizations and other resources
that focus on that given topic/issue.
I
hope those suggestions help.
Good luck.
—Amy
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