{"product_id":"9780415384919","title":"Japan's Changing Generations Are Young People Creating a New Society?","description":"\u003ch3\u003eJapan Anthropology Workshop Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eJapan's Changing Generations\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAre Young People Creating a New Society?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGordon Mathews | Bruce White\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJapan's Changing Generations\u003c\/em\u003e argues that 'the generation gap' in Japan is something more than young people resisting the adult social order before entering and conforming to that order. Rather, it signifies something more fundamental: the emergence of a new Japan, which may be quite different from the Japan of postwar decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt argues that while young people in Japan in their teens, twenties and early thirties are not engaged in overt social or political resistance, they are turning against the existing Japanese social order, whose legitimacy has been undermined by the past decade of economic downturn. The book shows how young people in Japan are thinking about their bodies and identities, their social relationships, and their employment and parenting, in new and generationally contextual ways, that may help to create a future Japan quite different from Japan of the recent past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGordon Mathews\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has written \u003cem\u003eWhat Makes Life Worth Living? How Japanese and Americans Make Sense of Their Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e (1996), and \u003cem\u003eGlobal Culture\/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket\u003c\/em\u003e (2000) and edited \u003cem\u003eConsuming Hong Kong\u003c\/em\u003e (2001). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBruce White\u003c\/strong\u003e is Lecturer in Anthropology and Sociology at Doshisha University,\u003cbr\u003eKyoto, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27 March 2005\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780415384919\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e220\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.25\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63535942828172,"sku":"9780415384919","price":59.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780415384919","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}