A Study of Women's Reversion-to-Japan Movement in Okinawa under US Occupation from the Perspective of Histrical Sociology

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26870626
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gender; Sociology
• Research Institution: Japan Women's University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAHASHI JUNKO 日本女子大学, 人間社会学部, 研究員 (90555434)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 沖縄 / 復帰運動 / 沖縄教職員会婦人部 / 沖縄婦人連合会 / 女性運動 / ジェンダー / 占領 / 砂川フユ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the research was to empirically study and consider women's reversion-to-Japan movement in Okinawa under US occupation.
I clarify actions about the reversion in Okinawa teachers association and Okinawa women's federation as leading groups by collecting primary documents and interviews.　I analyzed relation between the two, points in common, differences, influence of women's Okinawa reversion movement in Japan, perspective of women, perspective of men, influence for women's movement by reversion-to-Japan movement in Okinawa, and considered characteristics women's reversion-to-Japan movement in Okinawa.

Free Research Field

社会学