Discovering Women's Voices : : The Lives of Modern Japanese Silk Mill Workers in Their Own Words.
"At a time when concern with the exploitation of young women in the assembly plants of developing countries is still a major social issue for gender and development specialists, Discovering Women's Voices. The Lives of Modern Japanese Silk Mill Workers in Their Own Words, offers a vivid ac...
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| Superior document: | The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston : : BRILL,, 2022. ©2022. |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (471 pages) |
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| Summary: | "At a time when concern with the exploitation of young women in the assembly plants of developing countries is still a major social issue for gender and development specialists, Discovering Women's Voices. The Lives of Modern Japanese Silk Mill Workers in Their Own Words, offers a vivid account of the lives of women who formed modern Japan's 'reserve army' for textile mills. By analyzing work songs and oral testimonies of former silk-reeling operatives about their lives in the factory and in their native countryside, it challenges the long-standing assumption describing their history as merely exploitative, convincingly showing that factory life could appear as a window of opportunity or at least a lesser evil to workers born in rural underprivileged families.native countryside, it challenges the long-standing assumption describing their history as merely exploitative, convincingly showing that factory life could appear as a window of opportunity or at least a lesser evil to workers born in rural underprivileged families"-- |
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| ISBN: | 9789004464698 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |