Free Download Romit Dasgupta, "Re-reading the Salaryman in Japan: Crafting Masculinities (Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia "
English | ISBN: 0415683289 | 2012 | 210 pages | EPUB | 721 KB
In Japan, the figure of the suited, white-collar office worker or business executive 'salaryman' (or, sarariiman), came to be associated with Japan's economic transformation following World War Two. The ubiquitous salaryman came to signify both Japanese masculinity, and Japanese corporate culture, and in this sense, the salaryman embodied 'the archetypal citizen'.