Managing Women: Disciplining Labor in Modern Japan

by Elyssa Faison

At the turn of the twentieth century, Japan embarked on a mission to modernize its society and industry. For the first time, young Japanese women were persuaded to leave their families and enter the factory. Managing Women focuses on Japan's interwar textile industry, examining how factory managers, social reformers, and the state created visions of a specifically Japanese femininity. Faison finds that female factory workers were constructed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520252969
• ISBN13: 9780520252967
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"