Naoko Shibusawa

Uses memoirs, military records, court documents, Hollywood films, and newspaper and magazine articles to demonstrate how the wartime image of the Japanese as fanatics, savages, and subhumans was transformed into one of a valuable ally in the two decades following World War II.

America's Geisha Ally

Michele Mitchell

Stephan F. Miescher

"Originally published as Volume 26, Issue 3 of Gender & History."

Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges

During World War II, Japan was vilified by America as our hated enemy. As the Cold War heated up, however, the U.S. government decided to make Japan its bulwark against communism in Asia. In this revelatory work, Naoko Shibusawa charts the remarkable reversal from hated enemy to valuable ally that occurred in the two decades after the war.

Gender, Imperialism and Global Exchanges presents a collection of original readings that address gendered dimensions of empire from a wide range of geographical and temporal settings. Draws on original research on gender and empire in relation to labour, commodities, fashion, politics, mobility, and visuality Includes coverage of gender issues from countries in Africa, the Americas, Europe, and Asia between the eighteenth to twentieth centuries Highlights a range of transnational and transregional connections across the globe Features innovative gender analyses of the circulation of people, ideas, and cultural practices

Naoko Shibusawa

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