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In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist
Raicho Hiratsuka
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Description for In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist
Paperback. English translation original publication and copyright date: 2006. Translator(s): Craig, Teruko. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 510.
"In the beginning, woman was truly the sun. An authentic person. Now she is the moon, a wan and sickly moon, dependent on another, reflecting another's brilliance."-Hiratsuku Raicho Raicho Hiratsuka (1886-1971) was the most influential figure in the early women's movement in Japan. In 1911, she founded Bluestocking (Seito), Japan's first literary journal run by women. In 1920, she founded the New Women's Association, Japan's first nationwide women's organization to campaign for female suffrage, and soon after World War II, the Japan Federation of Women's Organizations. Available for the first time in English, In the Beginning, Woman Was ... Read more
"In the beginning, woman was truly the sun. An authentic person. Now she is the moon, a wan and sickly moon, dependent on another, reflecting another's brilliance."-Hiratsuku Raicho Raicho Hiratsuka (1886-1971) was the most influential figure in the early women's movement in Japan. In 1911, she founded Bluestocking (Seito), Japan's first literary journal run by women. In 1920, she founded the New Women's Association, Japan's first nationwide women's organization to campaign for female suffrage, and soon after World War II, the Japan Federation of Women's Organizations. Available for the first time in English, In the Beginning, Woman Was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Weatherhead Books on Asia
Condition
New
Weight
510g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231138130
SKU
V9780231138130
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About Raicho Hiratsuka
Teruko Craig is senior lecturer emerita of Tufts University and an associate in research at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese studies, Harvard University.
Reviews for In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun: The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist
This autobiography of Japan's foremost feminist presents a vivid portrait, rich in detail, of the education and everyday life for the daughter of a government bureaucrat growing up in Tokyo during the 1890s. Raicho Hiratsuka's transformation into an activist intellectual who, as the founding editor of the landmark journal Seito, recast the boundaries of feminist discourse deserves the widest possible ... Read more