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Work Experience and Identity of Skilled Male Workers following the Economic Crisis

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Authors

Kim, Hyun Mee

Issue Date
2018-02
Publisher
Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University
Citation
Korean Anthropology Review, Vol.2, pp. 141-163
Description
This article was originally published in 2001 in 『한국문화인류학』 [Korean cultural anthropology] 34(1): 139‒167; Translated into English by Ben Jackson.
Abstract
(In lieu of an abstract) The recent economic slump and structural adjustments have caused unprecedented mass unemployment and job instability. Unemployment is a crisis for the ideology of the male breadwinner in Korean society, sometimes seen as bringing rapid dissolution of or discord in families. The economic depression means long-term financial scarcity; its social effects manifest themselves strongly in the lives of blue-collar workers who live on tight budgets and are relatively lacking in supplementary resources. This article addresses the question of how male workers in the steel and iron industry are experiencing and interpreting changes in their workplaces under the current neoliberal economic order with its accelerating economic depression and demands for labor flexibility.
ISSN
2508-8297
Language
English
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/145200
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