About the CST

Yoshie Yanagihara

Yoshie Yanagihara is Professor at Tokyo Denki University. She is engaged in sociological research on women's bodies. Her latest research project examines discourses concerning assisted reproductive technology in mass media using a theoretical framework of biopolitics. Her most recent article is 'The practice of surrogacy as a phenomenon of "bare life": An analysis of the Japanese case applying Agamben's theory' in Current Sociology (2021). For this article, she was chosen as "Sociologist of the Month" in September 2021.