Creating Socialist Women in Japan: Gender, Labour and Activism, 1900-1937

Hardback

Main Details

Title Creating Socialist Women in Japan: Gender, Labour and Activism, 1900-1937
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Vera Mackie
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:264
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780521551373
ClassificationsDewey:305.420952
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 10 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 13 July 1997
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book tells the inspiring story of a group of women who challenged the expectations of their society in their writings and in their actions. Vera Mackie surveys the developments of socialist women's activism in Japan from the 1900s to the 1930s, in the broader context of the industrial and political development of modern Japan. She outlines the major socialist women's organisations and their debates with their liberal and anarchist sisters. The book also offers close analysis of the political and creative writings of socialist women.

Reviews

'The focus of the study is women involved in urban-based organisations in the Tokyo region (the legal left) who defined themselves as socialist ... This book depicts an heroic struggle, and in recounting it, as Mackie acknowledges, she has constructed her own narrative of resistance and liberation. The book will have substantial appeal, both for its strong empirical base, and for its textual analysis.' Labour History Review