Defeated Nation and Contested Womanhood: The Impact of the U.S. Occupation on the Reconstruction of National Identity in Postwar Japan

Defeated Nation and Contested Womanhood

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Defeated Nation and Contested Womanhood: The Impact of the U.S. Occupation on the Reconstruction of National Identity in Postwar Japan

Defeated Nation and Contested Womanhood

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This book investigates the impact of the U.S. occupation of Japan on the discursive remaking of Japanese womanhood. While exploring historical dynamics of Japanese femininity, it focuses on the context of the occupation in which meanings of gender, sexuality, race, and social class became particularly fluid. Drawing on insights from studies of gender, sexuality, race, and nation, Masako Endo considers how the occupation overtly sexualized and situationally or essentially racialized certain groups of people. She argues that they, by challenging traditional Japanese gender roles and sexual mores, shaped national discourses of Japanese womanhood and nationhood in occupied and post-occupation Japan.

Book Details

ISBN
9789004724594
Binding
Hardcover
Authors
Masako Endo
Publisher
Brill
Published Date
November 27, 2025
Language
English
Pages
228
Physical Info
0.56 in H x 9.25 in L x 6.1 in W (1.13 lb)

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