Japanese Women Working (Hardcover)

Japanese Women Working provides a wide range of perspectives on the study of working women in Japan over the last century. Contributors address issues of state policy towards and management of women workers, and also provide accounts of the experiences of particular groups of workers: domestic servants, hospital care assistants, textile workers , miners, homeworkers and 'professional' housewives. The book highlights many of the issues and decisions that have faced working women in Japan, and calls into question the accuracy of the prevailing domestic stereotype of Japanese women. Essays included span a period rapid economic change, and look at Japan as an industrializing country, indicating the importance of the overall economic environment, as well as taking into account cultural factors, in determinig women's position in the labour market. Bringing together contributions by historians, economists, anthropologists and management specialists from Europe, Japan and the United States, the book underlines the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to the study of women working. It is a major addition to the existing English language literature on Japanese Women, and will make life easier for non-specialists to inform themselves about a critical area of Japanese social and economic development.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	1993
Editors:	Janet Hunter
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-17821-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Labour economics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	1-138-17821-7
Barcode:	9781138178212

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