Crafting Selves
Power, Gender, and Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace
University of Chicago Press, 1990
Cloth: 978-0-226-45043-8 | Paper: 978-0-226-45044-5 | Electronic: 978-0-226-09815-9
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226098159.001.0001
Cloth: 978-0-226-45043-8 | Paper: 978-0-226-45044-5 | Electronic: 978-0-226-09815-9
DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226098159.001.0001
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ABOUT THIS BOOKTABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
"The ethnography of Japan is currently being reshaped by a new generation of Japanologists, and the present work certainly deserves a place in this body of literature. . . . The combination of utility with beauty makes Kondo's book required reading, for those with an interest not only in Japan but also in reflexive anthropology, women's studies, field methods, the anthropology of work, social psychology, Asian Americans, and even modern literature."—Paul H. Noguchi, American Anthropologist
"Kondo's work is significant because she goes beyond disharmony, insisting on complexity. Kondo shows that inequalities are not simply oppressive-they are meaningful ways to establish identities."—Nancy Rosenberger, Journal of Asian Studies
"Kondo's work is significant because she goes beyond disharmony, insisting on complexity. Kondo shows that inequalities are not simply oppressive-they are meaningful ways to establish identities."—Nancy Rosenberger, Journal of Asian Studies
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Note on Romanization
PART ONE: SETTINGS
The Eye/I
Industries, Communities, Identities
Disciplined Selves
PART TWO: FAMILY AS COMPANY, COMPANY AS FAMILY
Circles of Attachment
Adding the Family Flavor
Company as Family?
PART THREE: GENDER AND WORK IDENTITIES
The Aesthetics and Politics of Artisanal Identities
Uchi, Gender, and Part-Time Work
The Stakes
Notes
References
Index