Abstract
An essay is presented discusses the political activism of the feminist, writer and socialist Yamakawa Kikue (whose birth name was née Morita) in Japan following World War II. Kikue's efforts to highlight the role that the divisions of class, gender and ethnic backgrounds played in Japanese women's lives are discussed. An overview of Kikue's perspective of the Allied Occupation of Japan, including its putative goal for the "democratization of Japan," is discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3-30 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| Journal | U.S.-Japan Women's Journal: A Journal for the International Exchange of Gender Studies |
| Volume | 42 |
| State | Published - 1 Mar 2012 |
Keywords
- 20th century feminism
- Activism
- Allied occupation of Japan, 1945-1952
- Democratization
- History
- Japan
- Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945-
- Kikue, Yamakawa
- Twentieth century