Aimed at students and academics in history, anthropology, sociology, gender studies, and women's self-writing, this volume examines the reactions of Japanese women to the end of World War II and the challenges and opportunities of the postwar years in the memoirs and autobiographies of writer and cultural critic Okabe Itsuko, actress Shinya Eik̥, activist and historian Yoshitake Teruko, Siwachi Hisae, journalist and African-American literature professor Kishino Junko, and journalist and activist Kanamori Toshie. They discuss the postwar period in terms of Japanese women's movements, experiences in the workplace, labor activism and the Ampo Movement, becoming ordinary after the war, being a refugee, and women's issues and education. Annotation 2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
