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Titel Happiness and the good life in Japan
Author Manzenreiter, Wolfram (Hg.) / Holthus, Barbara (Hg.)
Series Title Japan anthropology workshop series
Edition  
Place Of Publication Abingdon Publisher Routledge
Year Published 2018 ISBN 978-0-367-17799-7
DIJ-No. B11348 Language E Pages xv, 262 p.
Location   Location   Location  
Remarks Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Heading Happiness -- Social aspects -- Japan Japan -- Social life and customs Families -- Japan -- History -- 21st century Interpersonal relations -- Japan 361.5
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Introduction: Happiness in Japan through the anthropological lens Manzenreiter, Wolfram / Holthus, Barbara 1-21
More than just "nakayoshi". Marital intimacy as a key to personal happiness Bloch, Dalit 25-40
Physical intimacy and happiness in Japan. Sexless marriages and parent-child co-sleeping Moriki, Yoshie 41-52
Happiness and unconventional life choices. Views of single women in Japan Nakano, Lynne 53-66
Friendships, marriage and happiness in contemporary Japan Dales, Laura 67-85
Grandfathering in contemporary Japan. Altruistic and self-serving means to happiness Umegaki-Costantini, Hiroko 86-105
Japanese gays, the closet and the culture-dependent concept of happiness Laurent, Erick 106-122
Makers and doers. Using actor-network theory to explore happiness in Japan's invisible civil society Steinhoff, Patricia G. 125-143
Dimensions of happiness for young political activists. A case study of "Greens Japan" members Holdgrün, Phoebe S. 144-161
Living and working for the moment. Motivations, aspirations and experiences of disaster volunteers in Tôhoku Klien, Susanne 162-180
"A really warm place". Well-being, place, and the experiences of "buraku" youth Bondy, Christopher 181-194
"My life is Taiyô Kômuten". On the relationship between organized football fandom and happiness in Japan Lieser, Martin 195-210
The midnight community, or under-the-counter happiness Săpunaru Tămaş, Carmen / Tămaş, Adrian O. 211-224
Happiness in neoliberal Japan Mathews, Gordon 227-242
Conclusion: Happiness as a balancing act between agency and social structure Holthus, Barbara / Manzenreiter, Wolfram 243-255