Staying on the Line : : Blue-Collar Women in Contemporary Japan / / Glenda S. Roberts.
The traditional Japanese ideology of ryosai kenbo--good wife, wise mother--has relegated women to the home after marriage and childbirth. But in increasing numbers, Japanese women are choosing to remain in the workplace long past those milestones, despite the uneasy and sometimes hostile response of...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021] ©1994 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Azumi's Good Wives and Wise Mothers
- 2 The Daily Challenge: Cope or Quit?
- 3 A Lifetime of Line Work: Making It to Sixty
- 4 Time Off
- 5 Enjoying Azumi: Building Careers
- 6 Social Life
- 7 Improving the Workplace: Channels for Grievances
- 8 Budgeting and Day Care
- 9 Juggling Home and Work
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Interview Questions
- Notes
- References Cited
- Index