Raising subjects: The representation of children and childhood in Meiji Japan
Two mutually dependent ideologies emerged during the first few decades of the Meiji period (1868-1912): universal education and nation. Both ideologies sought to redefine existing perceptions of childhood as a period of life subordinate to status, to a unifying experience for all subjects of the nat...
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| Language: | English |
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The Japan Foundation, Sydney
2011-01-01
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| Series: | New Voices |
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| Online Access: | http://newvoices.org.au/volume-4/raising-subjects-the-representation-of-children-and-childhood-in-meiji-japan/ |