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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Main Author: Rhiannon Paget
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Japan Foundation, Sydney 2011-01-01
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/