Kazuko Takemura
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Kazuko Takemura (February 3, 1954 – December 13, 2011) was a Japanese scholar of English literature. Her areas of expertise included Anglo-American literature, critical theory, film studies, and feminist thought. She was a former professor at Ochanomizu University. Takemura translated the works of Judith Butler and Trinh T. Minh-ha, among others,[1][2] significantly contributing to the development of feminist theory and thought in Japan.[3][4]
Takemura graduated from the Faculty of Education at Ochanomizu University. She then completed a master's program at Ochanomizu University and later withdrew from the doctoral program at the University of Tsukuba.[5]
In 1982, she began her academic career as an assistant at Kagawa University’s Faculty of Education. She was promoted to associate professor in 1985.[6] After serving as an associate professor at Seikei University and the University of Tsukuba,[7] she joined Ochanomizu University in April 1996.[4]
In 2003, she earned a Doctor of Humanities degree from Ochanomizu University with her dissertation, On Love: The Politics of Identity and Desire.[8]
On December 13, 2011, she died from a malignant tumor at the age of 57.[9]