Gender struggles : wage-earning women and male-dominated unions in postwar Japan /

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By showing how unions raised the wages of male workers in part by transforming working-class women into middle-class housewives, the author demonstrates that organized labour's discourse on womanhood prevented unions from linking with the emerging woman-led, neighbourhood centred organizations...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gerteis, Christopher, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center, 2009.
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 321.
Subjects:
Honʼyaku iin shachū > Japan
Labor movement > Japan > History.
Women labor union members > Japan > History.
Labor disputes > Japan > History.
Sex discrimination against women > Japan > History.
Mouvement ouvrier > Japon > Histoire.
Travail > Conflits > Japon > Histoire.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes > Japon > Histoire.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Labor disputes.
Labor movement.
Sex discrimination against women.
Women labor union members.
Gewerkschaft
Gleichberechtigung
Frauenemanzipation
Wirtschaftssoziologie
Politisches Handeln
Frau
Japan.
Japan
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:By showing how unions raised the wages of male workers in part by transforming working-class women into middle-class housewives, the author demonstrates that organized labour's discourse on womanhood prevented unions from linking with the emerging woman-led, neighbourhood centred organizations that typified social movements.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 226 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781684174942
1684174945

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