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Office Ladies And Salaried Men: Power, Gender, And Work In Japanese Companies,New Mary Frank Carlos Monsivis Is One OfIn Large Corporations In Japan, Much Of The Clerical Work Is Carried Out By Young Women Known As 'Office Ladies' (Ols) Or 'Flowers Of The Workplace.' Largely Nameless, Ols Serve Tea To The Men And Type And File Their Reports. They Are Exempt From The Traditional Lifetime Employment And Have Few Opportunities For Promotion. In This Engaging Ethnography, Yuko Ogasawara Exposes The Ways That These Women Resist Men'S Power, And Why The Men, Despite Their