Japanese Bankers in the City of London - Language, Culture and Identity in the Japanese Diaspora

The globalisation of the present day world economy means that more and more people are experiencing different cultures through their work. Focusing on the real experiences of workers in Japanese transnational finance companies, this book not only throws light on this specific case, but at the same time raises timely questions and insights into the newly-emerging multicultural work experience worldwide. Japanese Bankers in the City of London reflects on contemporary discussions in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, of individual global movement and cultural interaction.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Ambition and withdrawl - Japanese experience in the City 3. The Japanese financial community and its people 4. Segregation and languages of different work culture 5. Competing masculinities and contrasted femininities - gender relationships between culture 6. Floating identities between two imaginary world 7. Beyond national boundaries8. Conclusion - possibilities of new cultural identities in transnational working experiences

About the author

Junko Sakai

Summary

The globalisation of the present day world economy means that more and more people are experiencing different cultures through their work. Focusing on the real experiences of workers in Japanese transnational finance companies, this book not only throws light on this specific case, but at the same time raises timely questions and insights into the newly-emerging multicultural work experience worldwide. Japanese Bankers in the City of London reflects on contemporary discussions in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, of individual global movement and cultural interaction.

Product details

• Authors: Junko Sakai, Sakai Junko
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2015
• EAN: 9781138863958
• ISBN: 978-1-138-86395-8
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Sociology: work & labour, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Sociology: work and labour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General