Modern Girls on the Go: Gender, Mobility, and Labor in Japan Contributor(s): Freedman, Alisa (Editor), Miller, Laura (Editor), Yano, Christine R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0804781141 ISBN-13: 9780804781145 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Social Science | Gender Studies |
Dewey: 331.409 |
LCCN: 2012039001 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.90 lbs) 296 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This spirited and engaging multidisciplinary volume pins its focus on the lived experiences and cultural depictions of women's mobility and labor in Japan. The theme of modern girls continues to offer a captivating window into the changes that women's roles have undergone during the course of the last century. Here we encounter Japanese women inhabiting the most modern of spaces, in newly created professions, moving upward and outward, claiming the public life as their own: shop girls, elevator girls, dance hall dancers, tour bus guides, airline stewardesses, international beauty queens, overseas teachers, corporate soccer players, and even female members of the Self-Defense Forces. Directly linking gender, mobility, and labor in 20th and 21st century Japan, this collection brings to life the ways in which these modern girls--historically and contemporaneously--have influenced social roles, patterns of daily life, and Japan's global image. It is an ideal guidebook for students, scholars, and general readers alike. |