Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Publication Title
Journal of Women’s History
Abstract
Japanese men began writing Japanese women’s history over a century ago, although the academic field of women’s history did not become established until more recent decades.This article traces the development of women’s history in both Japan and the Anglophone West by focusing on four distinct moments. I examine how the field evolved and consider some of the key players. Then, I turn to the sometimes-complicated relationship between women’s history and feminism and the rise of gender history. Tracing the absence and presence of women over the past 130 years provides a novel view on the history of Japanese women’s history. The post-World War II period marks the only era when women were entirely absent from the historiography—and this absence was limited to Western scholarship. Finally, I draw attention to the rich conversations and works of translation in the international field of Japanese women’s history today.
Volume
32
Issue
1
First Page
62
Last Page
84
DOI
doi.org/10.1353/jowh.2020.0007
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Rights
Licensed to Smith College and distributed CC-BY under the Smith College Faculty Open Access Policy.
Recommended Citation
Anderson, Marnie S., "The Forgotten History of Japanese Women’s History and the Rise of Women and Gender History in the Academy" (2020). History: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/hst_facpubs/18
Comments
Peer reviewed accepted manuscript.