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A sociology of hikikomori : experiences of isolation, family-dependency, and social policy in contemporary Japan / Teppei Sekimizu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sekimizu, Teppei, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hikikomori.
- Social isolation--Japan.
- Social isolation.
- Social distance.
- Japan--Social policy.
- Japan.
- Japan--Social conditions--1945-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 167 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Contents:
- The Hikikomori Experience and Ambivalence
- Self-Categorization as Hikikomori: Becoming a Hikikomori Subject
- Hikikomori as a Japanese Social Problem: Focusing on Families with Hikikomori Children
- Discourses on the Hikikomori Problem from the 1980s to the 2010s
- On the Difficulty of Participation: From Theoretical and Empirical Considerations ofthe Situated Self
- Time Perspective in the Hikikomori Experience
- Conclusion Japanese Society in the Light of the Hikikomori Experience.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 01, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Sekimizu, Teppei. Sociology of hikikomori
- ISBN:
- 9781666900958
- 1666900958
- Publisher Number:
- 40031237460
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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