A sociology of Japanese youth : from returnees to NEETs / edited by Roger Goodman, Yuki Imoto and Tuukka Toivonen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goodman, Roger, 1960-

Imoto, Yuki, 1981-

Toivonen, Tuukka H. I. (Tuukka Hannu Ilmari), 1979-

Series:

Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series ; 83.

The Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese studies series ; 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Japan--Social conditions.

Youth.

Social problems.

Japan.

Social conditions.

Social problems--Japan.

Physical Description:

xix, 191 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

"Over the past thirty years, at the same time as Japan has produced a diverse set of youth cultures - such as anime and manga - which have had a major impact on popular culture across the globe, it has also developed a succession of youth problems which have led to major concerns within the country itself. Drawing on detailed empirical fieldwork, the authors set these issues in a clearly articulated 'social constructionist' framework, and put forth a sociology of Japanese youth problems which argues that the Japanese media draw on an equally, if not more, perplexing gallery of social categories when it discusses youth than affluent Western societies such as the US or UK. Moreover, the book contends that Japan is no less replete with social problems involving young people and no less capable of generating hysteria over the fate of its youth. The chapters include case studies covering issues such as: Returnee children, Compensated dating, Corporeal punishment, Child abuse, The withdrawn youth, NEET (not in education, employment or training). By examining these various social problems collectively, A sociology of Japanese youth shows how seemingly disparate events follow a similar pattern and how clusters of concepts are historically linked."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Making sense of youth problems / Tuukka Toivonen and Yuki Imoto

From pitiful to privileged? : the fifty year story of the changing perception and status of Japan's returnee children (kikokushijo) / Roger Goodman

Narratives and statistics : how compensated dating (enjo kosai) was sold / Sharon Kinsella

Taibatsu : from educational solution to social problem to marginalized non-issue / Aaron Miller

The "discovery" and "rediscovery" of child abuse (jido gyakutai) in Japan / Roger Goodman

Hikikomori : how private isolation caught the public eye / Sachiko Horiguchi

NEETs : the strategy within the category / Tuukka Toivonen

Shifting landscapes : the social context of youth problems in an ageing nation / Roger Goodman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415669269

041566926X

9780415669276

0415669278

9780203802076

0203802071

OCLC:

706022542