The middle-class nuclear family model has long dominated discourses
on family in Japan. Yet there have always been multiple
configurations of family and kinship, which, in the context of
significant socio-economic and demographic shifts since the 1990s,
have become increasingly visible in public discourse. This book
explores the meanings and practices of "family" in Japan, and
brings together research by scholars of literature, gender studies,
media and cultural studies, sociology and anthropology. While the
primary focus is the "Japanese" family, it also examines the
experience and practice of family beyond the borders of Japan, in
such settings as Brazil, Australia, and Bali. The chapters explore
key issues such as ageing, single households, non-heterosexual
living arrangements and parenting. Moreover, many of the issues
addressed, such as the growing diversity of family, the increase in
single-person households, and the implications of an ageing
society, are applicable to other mature, late-industrial societies.
Employing both multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches, this book
combines textual analysis of contemporary television, film,
literature, manga, anime and other media with empirical and
ethnographic studies of families in Japan and in transnational
spaces. As such, it will be of great interest to students and
scholars working across a number of fields including Japanese
culture and society, sociology of family, gender studies, film and
media studies, literature and cultural studies, and gerontology.
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