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Japanese Working Class Lives: An Ethnographic Study of Factory Workers
Author(s): James Roberson (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: February 12, 1998
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 0415172128
- ISBN-13: 9780415172127
Book Description
This ethnographic study examines the lives of Japanese workers in small firms and analysis their experiences of working life, leisure and education. This unique case study of the Shintani Metals Company illustrates the ways in which employees lives extend beyond their work.
Japanese Working Class Lives provides a valuable alternative view of working life outside the large corporations. Roberson demonstrates that the Japanese working class is more diverse than Western stereotypes of be-suited salary-men would suggest.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Through his fine grasp of the current literature on the issues and discussions related to the Japanese male and female workers, the author skillfully weaves the bibliographical information with his discussions in the texts, and educates us with the current academic understanding of the Japanese working class… [P]resents a much enriched portrait of the factory worker in the Japanese small firm. It is a wonderful addition to the much-needed counter-narratives on the Japanese working class. – Soon-Won Park, Lecturer, Keio University.”
“[A] beautifully written ethnographic work….The book…will no doubt please a large audience.”
-“Journal of Japanese Studies
“[A] beautifully written ethnographic work….The book…will no doubt please a large audience.”
-“Journal of Japanese Studies
About the Author
James E.Roberson received his Ph.D. from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and currently teaches anthropology in Japan.
