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Routledge Comfort Women and Post-Occupation Corporate Japan - ASAA Series

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This scholarly book examines the Japanese sex industry during Japan's postwar economic boom, tracing how gender inequality became embedded in contemporary Japanese society. The author argues that policies established during this pivotal period created a 'sexual contract' that gave male salarymen access to women's bodies through workplace trips to hot springs resorts, hostess bars, and prostitution tourism to South Korea, positioning sexual services as compensation to encourage workers' acceptance of their own exploitation. Part of the ASAA Women in Asia Series, this work combines historical analysis with critical gender studies to reveal how postwar corporate structures and economic policies fundamentally shaped modern Japan's gender dynamics and labour practices.

Key Features

Explores the relationship between postwar Japanese corporate culture and the institutionalisation of gender inequality during Japan's economic boom.

Analyses the 'sexual contract' system that connected workplace exploitation of male salarymen to widespread access to women's bodies and sexual services.

Examines how corporate getaway trips to hot springs resorts and hostess bars functioned as tools for maintaining worker compliance in Japan's rigidly organised workplace.

Investigates prostitution tourism to South Korea as an extension of Japan's postwar sexual economy and its role in corporate management strategies.

Published by Routledge as part of the established ASAA Women in Asia Series, providing academic context for understanding modern Japan's gender and labour systems.

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hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
09 October 2018
Listed Since
01 June 2018

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