In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun - The Autobiography of a Japanese Feminist

Hiratsuka Raicho (1886-1971) was the most influential figure in the early women's movement in Japan. This autobiography describes her childhood, early youth, and subsequent rebellion against the strict social codes of the time.

Product details

• Authors: Raich& Hiratsuka, Raicho Hiratsuka, Raichō Hiratsuka, Hiratsuka Raicho
• Assisted by: Teruko Craig (Translation), Craig Teruko (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2006
• EAN: 9780231138123
• ISBN: 978-0-231-13812-3
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 248 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia; Weatherhead Books on Asia
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Japan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Autobiography: general, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Autobiography: philosophy and social sciences, social science; memoirs