Organizing the Spontaneous : Citizen Protest in Postwar Japan / Wesley Sasaki-Uemura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sasaki-Uemura, Wesley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation.

Protest movements--Japan--History--20th century.

Protest movements.

Social movements--Japan--History--20th century.

Social movements.

Japan--Social conditions--1945-.

Japan.

Japan--History--1945-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2001]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

In 1960 millions of Japanese citizens took to the streets for months of protest against the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty (Anpo) and its forcible ratification by the Kishi government. In the decades that followed, the Anpo era citizens' movements exerted a major influence on the organization and political philosophies of the anti-Vietnam War effort, local residents' environmental movements, alternative lifestyle groups, and consumer movements. Organizing the Spontaneous departs from previous scholarship by focusing on the significance of the Anpo protests on the citizens' drive to transform Japanese society rather than on international diplomacy. It shows that the movement against Anpo comprised diverse, at times conflicting, groups of politically conscious actors attempting to reshape the body politic.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. Undercurrents of Citizen Protest

3. The Mountain Range and War Responsibility

4. The Poets of Oi Factory and Work Culture

5. The Grass Seeds and Women's Roles

6. The Voiceless Voices and the Discourse on Public Citizenry

7. Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824840358

0824840356

OCLC:

654665877