Underground in Japan - Softcover

Ventura, Rey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9715504922 ISBN 13: 9789715504928

Publisher: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Social aspects of illegal foreign workers in Japan.

About this title

About the Author:

Rey Ventura now lives in Manila where he runs a small desk-top publishing business.

Review:

"The world of Kotobuki, the Filipino enclave in Yokohama described here, is sordid in all its externals. And yet it is possible for its inhabitants to say, 'Koto is paradise.' What could be meant by such an expression is part of the subject of this book - for all its deprivations, the migrant worker's life has its seductive side, its own lure. A refined morality does not last long in Koto, but the somewhat battered outlook which does survive deserves, I think, such respect as it gets here. This is a book about ordinary life conducted under the extraordinary conditions of exile and secrecy." - James Fenton"

About this edition

• Publisher: Ateneo de Manila University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 9715504922
• ISBN 13: 9789715504928
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 172