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Discovering Womenâs Voices
The Lives of Modern Japanese Silk Mill Workers in Their Own Words
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At a time when concern with the exploitation of young women in the assembly plants of developing countries is still a major social issue for gender and development specialists, Discovering Women's Voices. The Lives of Modern Japanese Silk Mill Workers in Their Own Words, offers a vivid account of the lives of women who formed modern Japanâs âreserve armyâ for textile mills.
By analyzing works songs and oral testimonies of former silk-reeling operatives about their lives in the factory and in their native countryside, it challenges the long-standing assumption describing their history as merely exploitative, convincingly showing that factory life could appear as a window of opportunity or at least a lesser evil to workers born in rural underprivileged families.
By analyzing works songs and oral testimonies of former silk-reeling operatives about their lives in the factory and in their native countryside, it challenges the long-standing assumption describing their history as merely exploitative, convincingly showing that factory life could appear as a window of opportunity or at least a lesser evil to workers born in rural underprivileged families.
Sandra Schaal, Ph.D. (2006, University of Kyoto), is Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Strasbourg. She has produced several works on modern Japan and is co-editor of Educations sentimentales en contextes orientaux (2018).
List of Illustrations and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âGunnar Harðarson and Karl G. Johansson
PART 1
Educational and Cultural Context
1âCanon, Dominican and Brother
âThe Life and Times of Jón Halldórsson in Bergen
ââChristian Etheridge
2âBishop Jón Halldórsson and Clerical Culture in 14th-Century Iceland
ââViðar Pálsson
PART 2
Dominican Exempla and Saga Literature
3âBishop Jón Halldórsson and 14th- Century Innovations in Saga Narrative
âThe Case of Egils saga einhenda ok Ãsmundar berserkjabana
ââGottskálk Jensson
4âHoly Ministry in Old Norse ævintýri
ââHjalti Snær Ãgisson
5âClári saga and Its Continental Siblings âA Comparative Literary Approach to an Old Problem
ââVédÃs Ragnheiðardóttir
PART 3
Manuscripts and Illuminations
6âJón Halldórsson and Law Manuscripts of Western Iceland c. 1320â40
ââStefan Drechsler
7âAM 657 aâb 4° and the Mouvance of Medieval Texts
âRoles and Functions in the Transmission of Texts in a Manuscript Culture
ââKarl G. Johansson
PART 4
Music and Liturgy
8âLiturgical Change and Liturgical Plurality in the Province of Nidaros
âNew Light on the Ordo Nidrosiensis Ecclesiae
ââAstrid Marner
9âSome Reflections on the Liturgy for St Ãorlákr
ââGisela Attinger
PART 5
âManuscript Practice and Multiple Careers
10âElucidating Charter Practice and Administrative Literacy in Four Works by Einarr Hafliðason
ââEmbla Aae
11âMusic and Manuscripts in Skálholt and Ãingeyrar
ââGunnar Harðarson
Appendix 1: The Account of Bishop Jón Halldórsson (Jónâs þáttr)
Appendix 2: Bishop Hákon of Bergen to Bishop Jón of Skálholt
Appendix 3: The Booklist of Bishop Ãrni Sigurðsson
Appendix 4: Contents of am 671 4° (by Stefan Drechsler)
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âGunnar Harðarson and Karl G. Johansson
PART 1
Educational and Cultural Context
1âCanon, Dominican and Brother
âThe Life and Times of Jón Halldórsson in Bergen
ââChristian Etheridge
2âBishop Jón Halldórsson and Clerical Culture in 14th-Century Iceland
ââViðar Pálsson
PART 2
Dominican Exempla and Saga Literature
3âBishop Jón Halldórsson and 14th- Century Innovations in Saga Narrative
âThe Case of Egils saga einhenda ok Ãsmundar berserkjabana
ââGottskálk Jensson
4âHoly Ministry in Old Norse ævintýri
ââHjalti Snær Ãgisson
5âClári saga and Its Continental Siblings âA Comparative Literary Approach to an Old Problem
ââVédÃs Ragnheiðardóttir
PART 3
Manuscripts and Illuminations
6âJón Halldórsson and Law Manuscripts of Western Iceland c. 1320â40
ââStefan Drechsler
7âAM 657 aâb 4° and the Mouvance of Medieval Texts
âRoles and Functions in the Transmission of Texts in a Manuscript Culture
ââKarl G. Johansson
PART 4
Music and Liturgy
8âLiturgical Change and Liturgical Plurality in the Province of Nidaros
âNew Light on the Ordo Nidrosiensis Ecclesiae
ââAstrid Marner
9âSome Reflections on the Liturgy for St Ãorlákr
ââGisela Attinger
PART 5
âManuscript Practice and Multiple Careers
10âElucidating Charter Practice and Administrative Literacy in Four Works by Einarr Hafliðason
ââEmbla Aae
11âMusic and Manuscripts in Skálholt and Ãingeyrar
ââGunnar Harðarson
Appendix 1: The Account of Bishop Jón Halldórsson (Jónâs þáttr)
Appendix 2: Bishop Hákon of Bergen to Bishop Jón of Skálholt
Appendix 3: The Booklist of Bishop Ãrni Sigurðsson
Appendix 4: Contents of am 671 4° (by Stefan Drechsler)
Index
All interested in Japanese modern history, the textile industry, gender studies, and anyone concerned with work songs and oral history/life stories.