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Life in a Japanese Women’s College

Life in a Japanese Women’s College

Brian J. McVeigh

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2014
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Estudios étnicos
ISBN:
9780415867924
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One third of Japan’s women workers are ’office ladies’ - low status, low security secretaries, who are trained at Junior Colleges. The author, who taught at such a College, discusses life there, and their cultural and sociopolitical role.

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