Crab Cannery Ship
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'Crab Cannery Ship' depicts the brutal and dehumanizing conditions faced by workers on a Japanese crab cannery ship in the early 20th century.
Kobayashi portrays the workers as an exploited mass, stripped of their individuality and subjected to harsh treatment by the ship's overseers.
The novel exposes the social and economic inequalities of capitalist society, highlighting the struggle for survival and the potential for collective resistance.
It is a powerful example of proletarian literature, aiming to raise class consciousness and inspire social change.
Kobayashi's work serves as a critique of capitalist exploitation and a call for solidarity among the working class.
Kobayashi portrays the workers as an exploited mass, stripped of their individuality and subjected to harsh treatment by the ship's overseers.
The novel exposes the social and economic inequalities of capitalist society, highlighting the struggle for survival and the potential for collective resistance.
It is a powerful example of proletarian literature, aiming to raise class consciousness and inspire social change.
Kobayashi's work serves as a critique of capitalist exploitation and a call for solidarity among the working class.
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Mentioned by Jacob as a 1929 novel by a Japanese communist, and the characters don't have names, they are an embodied mass working together.
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