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Urban migrants in rural Japan : between agency and anomie in a post-growth society /

Offers an in-depth ethnography of paradigm shifts in the lifestyles and values of youth in post-growth Japan. Urban Migrants in Rural Japan provides a fresh perspective on theoretical notions of rurality and emerging modes of working and living in post-growth Japan. By exploring narratives and traje...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klien, Susanne, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2020]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Lifestyle migration and mobility: negotiating urban lifestyles in rural communities
  • The countryside between aging, lack of perspectives, and creative depopulation through the lens of female settlers
  • Post-growth forms of living and working: countryside as experimental ground and social imaginary
  • Between agency and anomie, possibility and probability: lifestyle migrants and the neo-liberal moment
  • Convergence of work and leisure: blessing or plight?
  • Liminal belonging and moratorium migration: lifestyle migrants between limbo and purpose of life
  • Social entrepreneurs between self-determination and structural constraints: examples from Miyagi and Tokushima prefectures
  • Conclusion: deconstructing Japan's rural-urban divide.