Introduction : the entanglement of sexual and industrial labour / Ruth Barraclough & Elyssa Faison -- Sexing class : "the prostitute" in Japanese proletarian literature / Heather Bowen-Struyk -- Gender and Korean labour in wartime japan / Elyssa Faison -- Military prostitution and women's sexual labour in Japan and Korea / Chunghee Sarah Soh -- Slum romance in Korean factory girl literature / Ruth Barraclough -- Shipyard women and the politics of gender : a case study of the KSEC yard in South Korea / Hwasook Nam -- The frailty of men : the redemption of masculinity in the Korean labour movement / Jong Bum Kwon -- Gender and ethnicity at work : Korean "hostess" club Rose in Japan / Haeng-ja Sachiko Chung
Summary
This book explores gender, labour and class in Korea and Japan, both during the twentieth century and today. It shows how sexuality is inscribed in working-class identities, demonstrating that sexual and labor relations have been crucial factors in shaping the cultures of industrialization in both Japan and Korea
