Men of uncertainty : the social organization of day laborers in contemporary Japan /

Men of uncertainty : the social organization of day laborers in contemporary Japan /

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Author / Creator:Gill, Tom, 1960-
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, 2001.
Description:xvii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:SUNY series in Japan in transition
Subject:
Day laborers -- Japan -- Yokohama-shi.
Working class -- Japan -- Yokohama-shi.
Day laborers.
Social conditions
Working class.
Yokohama-shi (Japan) -- Social conditions.
Japan -- Yokohama-shi.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4390969
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ISBN:0791448274 (alk. paper)
0791448282 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-254) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on the Text
  • 1. Introduction
  • First Encounter
  • Day Laborers in the Political Economy of Japan
  • Fieldwork
  • Outline of the Present Study
  • Sakae
  • 2. General Historical Background
  • Overview
  • Mushuku and Hinin
  • Hiyatoi : Burakumin :: Hinin : Eta?
  • The Preindustrial Proletariat
  • License, Welfare, Control
  • The Ninsoku Yoseba of 1790
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • The Interwar Years
  • The Postwar Yoseba
  • The Modern Construction Industry
  • Tadao
  • 3. Ethnography of Kotobuki
  • Location
  • Landscape/Atmosphere
  • Population
  • History
  • Employment
  • Residence
  • Play and Other Nonwork Activities
  • Bureaucratic Systems
  • Health
  • The Union
  • Kohei
  • 4. Ethnography of Other Doya-Gai and Yoseba
  • San'ya (Tokyo)
  • Kamagasaki (Osaka)
  • Sasashima (Nagoya)
  • Day Laboring in Fukuoka Prefecture
  • Other Yoseba
  • Noriyuki
  • 5. Who Are These Men?
  • Geographical Background
  • Occupational Background
  • Age
  • Marital Status
  • Sibling Group Size and Sibling Birth Order
  • The War and the Big Move
  • Ron-chan
  • 6. The Meaning of Home
  • Why Mr. Shinohara Sleeps in the Street
  • Homelessness: Narrow and Broad Definitions
  • Symbolic Representations of Home
  • Kuriyama
  • 7. Marginal Identity in the Yoseba
  • Marginality
  • Freedom
  • Fate
  • Kimitsu
  • 8. The Role of the Yoseba in Contemporary Japanese Society
  • Zoned Tolerance
  • Marginal Geography
  • The View from the Mainstream
  • The View from Inside
  • Yoseba versus Skid Row
  • Containment versus Dispersal
  • Shigehiro
  • 9. Epilogue: The Rise of Uncertainty, the Fall of Solidarity
  • Appendix. Statistical Tables
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Yoseba Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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