Happiness and the Good Life in Japan 1st Edition by Wolfram Manzenreiter 1317352726 9781317352723

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• ISBN 10: 1317352726
• ISBN 13: 9781317352723
• Author: Wolfram

Contemporary Japan is in a state of transition, caused by the forces of globalization that are derailing its ailing economy, stalemating the political establishment and generating alternative lifestyles and possibilities of the self. Amongst this nascent change, Japanese society is confronted with new challenges to answer the fundamental question of how to live a good life of meaning, purpose and value. This book, based on extensive fieldwork and original research, considers how specific groups of Japanese people view and strive for the pursuit of happiness. It examines the importance of relationships, family, identity, community and self-fulfilment, amongst other factors. The book demonstrates how the act of balancing social norms and agency is at the root of the growing diversity of experiencing happiness in Japan today.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction: Happiness in Japan through the anthropological lens

PART I: Family, intimacy and friendship

2. More than just nakayoshi: Marital intimacy as a key to personal happiness

3. Physical intimacy and happiness in Japan: Sexless marriages and parent-child co-sleeping

4. Happiness and unconventional life choices: Views of single women in Japan

5. Friendships, marriage and happiness in contemporary Japan

6. Grandfathering in contemporary Japan: Altruistic and self-serving means to happiness

7. Japanese gays, the closet and the culture-dependent concept of happiness

PART II: Self and community

8. Makers and doers: Using actor-network theory to explore happiness in Japan’s invisible civil

9. Dimensions of happiness for young political activists: A case study of “Greens Japan” members

10. Living and working for the moment: Motivations, aspirations and experiences of disaster

11. “A really warm place”: Well-being, place, and the experiences of buraku youth

12. “My life is Taiyō Kōmuten”: On the relationship between organized football fandom and

13. The midnight community, or under-the-counter happiness

PART III: Conclusions

14. Happiness in neoliberal Japan

15. Conclusion: Happiness as a balancing act between agency and social structure

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