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1. Ending the Postwar in Japan

   Structure, Actors, Norms and Challenges

   Edited by Hiroko Takeda, Glenn D. Hook

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   The 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 2005 was a fundamental watershed in modern Japanese history. Inspired by this, much discourse has been produced on the ‘end’ of the postwar period itself. Yet, the question of ‘endings’ is perennial, and has occurred on numerous occasions...

   To Be Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Political Economy of Reproduction in Japan

   By Takeda Hiroko

   Series: Sheffield Centre for Japanese Studies/Routledge Series

   This book analyzes the political economy of reproduction and its role in the process of Japanese modernization. Hiroko analyzes state attempts and policies to intervene into women's bodies and everyday lives to integrate them into the Japanese political economy. Based on Foucault's concept of...

   Published September 22nd 2004 by Routledge