Discovering Women's Voices : The Lives of Modern Japanese Silk Mill Workers in Their Own Words / by Sandra Schaal ; translated by Jim Smith with the help of Sandra Schaal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaal, Sandra, author.

Contributor:

Smith, Jim (James Bradford), translator.

Schaal, Sandra, translator.

Series:

The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives

The Intimate and the Public in Asian and Global Perspectives Series ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women silk industry workers--Japan--Social conditions.

Women silk industry workers.

Women silk industry workers--Japan--Songs and music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (471 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill, [2022]

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. A brief history of Japan's silk-reeling industry

Part 2. In search of a lost time: the workers' thread-reeling songs

Part 3. Interviews of former female operatives.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Schaal, Sandra Discovering Women's Voices

ISBN:

9789004464698