Pedagogy of democracy : feminism and the Cold War in the U.S. occupation of Japan / Mire Koikari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koikari, Mire, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War.

Feminist theory.

Postcolonialism.

Women--Violence against--Japan--History.

Women.

Women--Japan--Social conditions.

Japan--Foreign relations--United States.

Japan.

Japan--History--Allied occupation, 1945-1952.

United States--Foreign relations--Japan.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pedagogy of Democracy re-interprets the U.S. occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1952 as a problematic instance of Cold War feminist mobilization rather than a successful democratization of Japanese women as previously argued. By combining three fields of research-occupation, Cold War, and postcolonial feminist studies-and examining occupation records and other archival sources, Koikari argues that postwar gender reform was one of the Cold War containment strategies that undermined rather than promoted women's political and economic rights.

Contents:

Introduction: Recasting women in the US occupation of Japan

Feminism, nationalism, and colonial genealogies : women's enfranchisement and constitutional revision

Feminism, domestic containment, and Cold War citizenry

Women, the Cold War, and the question of resistance

Making the body respectable : Cold War containment and regulation of sexuality

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611973247

9781281973245

1281973246

9781592137022

1592137024

OCLC:

437247328

Publisher Number:

heb40323 hdl