Japanese Working Class Lives

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Japanese Working Class Lives

An Ethnographic Study of Factory Workers

Sociology: work and labour Social and cultural anthropology

Author: James Roberson

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 2nd September 2003

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9781134692828


Japanese Working Class Lives

This ethnographic study examines the lives of Japanese workers in small firms and analysis their experiences of working life, leisure and education. This unique case study of the Shintani Metals Company illustrates the ways in which employees lives extend beyond their work.

provides a valuable alternative view of working life outside the large corporations. Roberson demonstrates that the Japanese working class is more diverse than Western stereotypes of be-suited salary-men would suggest.

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