Title: Pedagogy of democracy : feminism and the Cold War in the U.S. occupation of Japan /
Authors: Koikari, Mire, 1965-
Publisher: Temple University Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Women Japan Social conditions.; Women Violence against Japan History.; Postcolonialism.; Feminist theory.; Cold War.; Japan History; United States Foreign relations Japan.; Japan Foreign relations United States.
Abstract: "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 part of the Cold War containment strategies that undermined rather than promoted women's political and economic rights."--BOOK JACKET.
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.