Chizuko ueno biography of rory

Chizuko Ueno (上野 千鶴子, Ueno Chizuko, born July 12, 1948, in Toyama Prefecture)^[1] is a Japanese sociologist and Japan's "best-known feminist".^[2][3] Her work covers sociological issues including semiotics, capitalism, and feminism in Japan.^[1][4] Ueno's writing is high quality and readable.

Some people have very strong opinions about her work..^[5]

Academic career

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Chizuko Ueno has worked her entire career for gender equality in the Japanese society. Her research helped to make gender studies as an acknowledged field of research in Japan.

In 1982, Ueno wrote The Study of the 'Sexy Girl' (セクシィ・ギャルの大研究) and Reading the Housewife Debates (主婦論争を読む),. These were called "The Flagbearers of 1980's Feminism".^[1] She studied the relationship between the "Women's Lib" (ウーマン・リブ) movement of the 1960s and Women's Liberation Movement (女性解放運動) of the 1970s.^[1] She use