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Women And Political Life In Meiji Japan: The Case Of The Okayama Joshi Konshinkai (Okayama Women’S Friendship Society), Marnie S. Anderson
Women And Political Life In Meiji Japan: The Case Of The Okayama Joshi Konshinkai (Okayama Women’S Friendship Society), Marnie S. Anderson
History: Faculty Publications
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Women’S Agency And The Historical Record: Reflections On Female Activists In Nineteenth-Century Japan, Marnie S. Anderson
Women’S Agency And The Historical Record: Reflections On Female Activists In Nineteenth-Century Japan, Marnie S. Anderson
History: Faculty Publications
This article examines the small body of Japanese-language historiography on women’s activism in late nineteenth-century Japan. The era saw a sharp rise in the number of female activists, and yet the activities of these women have usually been interpreted as the result of male initiative. Only women who left a clear record in their own hand—demonstrating what I call “literacy agency”—are seen as full agents. I suggest that such understandings are insufficient by presenting four cases of women’s activism, including local women’s groups, geisha activists, a petitioner, and several writers. It turns out that female activists who displayed “literary agency” …
Kishida Toshiko And The Rise Of The Female Speaker In Meiji Japan., Marnie S. Anderson
Kishida Toshiko And The Rise Of The Female Speaker In Meiji Japan., Marnie S. Anderson
History: Faculty Publications
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