著者

石井 香江

出版者

関東社会学会

雑誌

年報社会学論集 (ISSN:09194363)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.2006, no.19, pp.83-94, 2006-07-31 (Released:2010-04-21)

参考文献数

30

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Japanese Morse code telegraphers have been given a position of honor and a specific place in the culture of the workplace, dating back to the Meiji Period. However, they rapidly lost their power and influence after the Second World War when the Teleprinter —a fully automated telegraph— began to replace Morse code and spread throughout the country. The historical question then arises: Why were Japanese Morse code telegraphers so influential and perceived as so honorable? The objective of this paper is to approach the organizational culture of the Telegrapher, to examine the role which this culture played in the formation of their gendered identities and the way in which this culture changed.