Growing up : gendered experiences in the family -- Growing up : gendered experiences in school -- Love and marriage -- Work -- Ikigai
Summary
Here is an important volume offering new insights into the generational transformation of Japanese hegemonic masculinity. Drawing on thirty-nine life-histories of three generations of sararAman (salaryman) each working, or having worked for large companies, this book is an in-depth study of Japanese salaryman masculinity, that is, the a ̃hegemonic masculinitya (TM) in Japan. Through Japanese salarymena (TM)s own accounts of themselves, the author investigates the construction of their masculinity throughout their lives; childhood, adolescence, young adult experiences, as well as work and famil
