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Prof. Dr. Naoko Sugiyama

Professor of American Literature and Gender Studies · Department of English Language and Literature · University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo

Academic focus & active research

Prof. Dr. Naoko Sugiyama investigates representations of motherhood, race, and gender in modern American literature, authoring celebrated monographs on literary feminism.

Feminist Literary Theory 20th-Century American Women Writers Maternal Narratives in Literature Transpacific Cultural Exchange

Supervision & prospective applicants

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Department / Faculty
Department of English Language and Literature
Primary Field
Feminist Literary Theory
Campus Location
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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