A sociology of hikikomori : experiences of isolation, family-dependency, and social policy in contemporary Japan /: experiences of isolation, family-dependency, and social policy in contemporary Japan. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Teppei Sekimizu.
• Authors: Sekimizu, Teppei
• Contents: Acknowledgments Glossary of Japanese Terms Preface Chapter 1 The Hikikomori Experience and Ambivalence Chapter 2 Self-Categorization as Hikikomori: Becoming a Hikikomori Subject Chapter 3 Hikikomori as a Japanese Social Problem: Focusing on Families with Hikikomori Children Chapter 4 Discourses on the Hikikomori Problem from the 1980s to the 2010s Chapter 5 On the Difficulty of Participation: From Theoretical and Empirical Considerations of the Situated Self Chapter 6 Time Perspective in the Hikikomori Experience Conclusion Japanese Society in the Light of the Hikikomori Experience References About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 306.0952; Hikikomori; Social isolation -- Japan; Social distance -- Japan; Japan -- Social policy; Japan -- Social conditions -- 1945-
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781666900958
• Related ISBNs: 9781666900941
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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