Re-reading the Salaryman in Japan

Crafting Masculinities
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-415-68328-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 240 mm x 159 mm, Gewicht: 482 g

Reihe: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia ASAA East Asian Series

In Japan, the figure of the suited, white-collar office worker or business executive ‘salaryman’ (or, sarariiman), came to be associated with Japan’s economic transformation following World War Two. The ubiquitous salaryman came to signify both Japanese masculinity, and Japanese corporate culture, and in this sense, the salaryman embodied ‘the archetypal citizen’.

This book uses the figure of the salaryman to explore masculinity in Japan by examining the salaryman as a gendered construct. Whilst there is a considerable body of literature on Japanese corporate culture and a growing acknowledgement of the role of gender, until now the focus has been almost exclusively on women in the workplace. In contrast, this book is one of the first to focus on the men within Japanese corporate culture through a gendered lens. Not only does this add to the emerging literature on masculinity in Japan, but given the important role Japanese corporate culture has played in Japan’s emergence as an industrial power, Romit Dasgupta’s research offers a new way of looking both at Japanese business culture, and more generally at important changes in Japanese society in recent years.

Based on intensive interviews carried out with young male private sector employees in Japan, this book makes an important contribution to the study of masculinity and Japanese corporate culture, in addition to providing an insight into Japanese culture more generally. As such it will be of great interest to students and scholars of Japanese studies, Japanese society and gender studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dasgupta, Romit (University of Western Australia)

Dasgupta, Romit

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Salarymen in the 'Lost Decade' 2. Framing the 'Macro': Historicizing Salaryman Masculinity 3. Men's Stories of Becoming Otoko 4. Becoming Shakaijon: 'Craftings' into Salaryman Masculinity 5. Working With Salaryman Masculinity 6. Working With Heterosexuality: Sexuality, Marriage, Fatherhood and Salaryman Masculinity 7. Working With Homosociality 8. Beyond the 'JTB-Man': Looking back from the 2010s

Über Autor(innen)

Romit Dasgupta is Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia.