Defeated Nation and Contested Womanhood : The Impact of the U.S. Occupation on the Reconstruction of National Identity in Postwar Japan (Gendering the Trans-pacific World)

This book reveals the impact of the U.S. occupation on Japanese womanhood. The author argues that certain groups of people, sexualized and racialized by the occupation, shaped national discourses of womanhood by challenging traditional Japanese gender roles and sexual mores.