| Description |
1 online resource (152 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Women in Asia series
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ASAA women in Asia series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the entanglement of sexual and industrial labour / Ruth Barraclough & Elyssa Faison -- Sexing class : "the prostitute" in Japanese proletarian literature / Heather Bowen-Struyk -- Gender and Korean labour in wartime japan / Elyssa Faison -- Military prostitution and women's sexual labour in Japan and Korea / Chunghee Sarah Soh -- Slum romance in Korean factory girl literature / Ruth Barraclough -- Shipyard women and the politics of gender : a case study of the KSEC yard in South Korea / Hwasook Nam -- The frailty of men : the redemption of masculinity in the Korean labour movement / Jong Bum Kwon -- Gender and ethnicity at work : Korean "hostess" club Rose in Japan / Haeng-ja Sachiko Chung. |
| Summary |
This book explores gender, labour and class in Korea and Japan, both during the twentieth century and today. It shows how sexuality is inscribed in working-class identities, demonstrating that sexual and labor relations have been crucial factors in shaping the cultures of industrialization in both Japan and Korea. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sexual division of labor -- Korea (South)
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Sexual division of labor. |
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Korea (South) |
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Sexual division of labor -- Japan.
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Japan. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Barraclough, Ruth.
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Faison, Elyssa, 1965-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gender and labour in Korea and Japan. London ; New York : Routledge, 2009 9780415776639 (DLC) 2009002033 (OCoLC)227922640 |
| ISBN |
9781135219826 (electronic book) |
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1135219826 (electronic book) |
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9780203874363 (electronic book) |
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0203874366 (electronic book) |
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0415776635 (Cloth) |
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9780415776639 (Cloth) |
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9780415776639 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786612256189 |
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