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The Role of Women in Japanese Literature Miriam Olmos California State University of Monterey Bay JAPN 309. Theses statement.

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  1. The Role of Women in Japanese Literature Miriam OlmosCalifornia State University of Monterey BayJAPN 309

  2. Theses statement • Women are seen as an object, as a thing that man can just use and they have to do whatever they are told, I will explore how this is portrait in the Japanese culture and literature

  3. Literary works The Tale of Genji The Dancing Girl The Lady who loved insects Women and Family in Contemporary Japan

  4. Woman’s suffrage • Meijin Period • 19th century-asked for women’s education • Protection from patriarchal cultural practices • By 1920- fight for women’s envolvemnt in politics began • 1923-Tokyo Federation of Women’s Organization. • In 1924- Women’s Suffrage League was founded

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