ISBN:
9781138956612
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 262 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Japan anthropology workshop series 28
Series Statement:
Japan anthropology workshop series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Happiness and the good life in Japan
DDC:
306.0952
Keywords:
Happiness Social aspects
;
Families History 21st century
;
Interpersonal relations
;
Japan Social life and customs
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Japan
;
Familie
;
Identität
;
Gemeinschaft
;
Selbstverwirklichung
;
Glück
;
Gutes Leben
Abstract:
Introduction -- Happiness in Japan through the anthropological lens -- Family, intimacy and friendship -- More than just nakayoshi : marital intimacy as a key to personal happiness -- Intimate relationships : friendships, marriage and gender in Japan -- Happiness and unconventional life choices : views of single women in Japan -- Physical intimacy and happiness in Japanese families : sexless marriages and parent-child co-sleeping -- Japanese gays, the closet and the culture-dependent concept of happiness -- Grandfathering in contemporary Japan : altruistic and self-serving means to happiness -- Self and community -- Makers and doers : using actor-network theory to explore happiness in Japan's invisible civil society -- Dimensions of happiness for young political activists : a case study of 'greens Japan' members -- Living and working for the moment : motivations, aspirations and experiences of disaster volunteers in Tohoku -- "A really warm place" : well-being, place, and the experiences of Buraku youth -- "My life is taiyo komuten" : on the relationship between organized football fandom and happiness in Japan the midnight community, or under-the-counter happiness -- Conclusions -- Happiness in neoliberal Japan -- Happiness as balancing act between agency and social structure
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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