Download e-book for kindle: Marriage in Contemporary Japan (Routledge Contemporary Japan by Yoko Tokuhiro

The phenomenon of bankonka – ‘postponement of marriage’ – is more and more suggested in modern jap media, truly illustrating the altering styles of contemporary existence and attitudes in the direction of marriage, own legal responsibility and ambition. this is often the 1st booklet in recent times to discover the modern nation of marriage in jap society. taking off the various perceptions and expectancies of marriage in today’s Japan, the ebook discusses how financial concerns and the family members effect on marital behaviour. opposite to the perspectives of a few feminists that younger ladies don't have any curiosity in enhancing their prestige and place, this publication argues that, through delaying marriage and childrearing, younger ladies could be visible as ‘rebels’ demanding jap patriarchal society. not like many different reports, it offers equivalent realization to male gender roles and masculinity, exploring what constitutes being a ‘real guy’ in Japan – in the course of the research of mainstream and non-mainstream conceptions of masculinity that co-exist in modern Japan, and considers the results of such various roles for the establishment of marriage. It investigates the jobs of spouse and mom, articulating why the stern department of labour defining males as breadwinners and girls as homemakers turned well known. in addition, it describes the altering personality of courtship relationships, explaining why the norm has shifted from prepared marriages pre-1945 to like marriages after that interval. ultimately, it places the japanese event into cross-cultural, foreign context with a chain of comparisons with marriage in different places either in Asia – together with in Korea and Hong Kong – and in western international locations corresponding to France, Sweden, Italy and the us.