ANTH 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Masculinity, Edo Period, Anne Allison
13 Apr 2015
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The historical roots of the japanese employment system : Self-employed (jieigyo) family businesses (eg. farmers, merchants, artisans) Work-related identities in postwar japan: employed (otsutome) salaryman, ol (office lady, housewife (shufu) considered an occupation, unemployed (mushoku) Prestige and the size of one"s company: the size of the company important in shaping a salaried worker"s identity in japanese social life. In general, larger companies tend to be prestigious workplaces. Large companies (daikigyo): the elite mainstream, graduates from famous universities more likely to work for large companies, the description of the japanese employment system in postwar japan were crafted by. Office ladies (ol): gendered tracks in the postwar employment system, white collar female clerical workers, university or junior college grads not uncommon. Salaries and benefits: cleaning and tea time, office ladies as future mothers and wives, not principal earners in the social structure. Independence is important: the role of wives in family business public and domestic spheres overlap.
