Issei, Nisei, War Bride: Three Generations of Japanese American Women in Domestic Service - Softcover

Glenn, Evelyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877225648 ISBN 13: 9780877225645

Publisher: Temple University Press, 1988

Synopsis

Presents a study of Japanese American women employed as domestic workers. This book addresses issues about the nature of labour systems in capitalist economies, the role of immigrant and racial ethnic women in those systems, and the consequences of participation in race and gender stratified systems for minority families and communities.

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About the Author

Evelyn Nakano Glenn is Associate Professor of Sociology at State University of New York at Binghamton.

From the Inside Flap

"A richly detailed and sophisticated examination of...how historical and economic forces restricted women's lives and how women devised strategies for dealing with their plight."
Canadian Woman Studies

"A beautifully written, well-organized, and sociologically rich study of three generations of Japanese-American women who worked as domestics. Glenn s study fits well into a women s studies collection, particularly with those materials focusing on immigrants or the working class."
Choice

"... A much welcome contribution to the literature on women and work and on Japanese American women, in particular. Glenn has artfully combined a rich case study approach with detailed sociodemographics in an historical framework.... Glenn writes well and skillfully incorporates detailed historical and demographic facts with a descriptive style. The presentation of labor statistics is excellent.... This book is an important contribution, not only to Asian American Studies but to women s studies and the literature on labor and immigrant groups."
Amerasia Journal

"A revealing view into the role of Japanese women immigrants in the United States not only as domestic workers but also in their family lives. This study is enlivened by the life stories and quotations from the women themselves..."
Edwin O. Reischauer

"This work is a valuable contribution to the literature on immigration and an important addition to the literature on occupations. It contains a fascinating and highly readable account of the array of perspectives on work and family that Glenn was uniquely positioned to collect from Japanese women and provides an extremely useful study for those who teach women and work, gender roles, and sociology of occupations courses."
Arlene Kaplan Daniels

Edition details

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0877225648
• ISBN 13: 9780877225645
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312