Contemporary Japan

2010 - 2016

Current editor(s): Florian Coulmas

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Editorial pp. 129-132: Kohlbacher Florian and Hommerich Carola
Myths about Japanese employment practices: An increasing insider–outsider conflict of interests pp. 133-155: Yashiro Naohiro
Institutional barriers to work beyond retirement in an aging Japan: Evidence from a recent employee survey pp. 157-186: Atsuhiro Yamada and Higo Masa
In the midst of transition: Salaryman senryū poems and the perception of workplace change pp. 187-212: Spinks Wendy A.
No chance for romance: Corporate culture, gendered work, and increased singlehood in Japan pp. 213-234: Yoshida Akiko

Editorial pp. 1-4: Hommerich Carola and Kohlbacher Florian
Kiyoku, tadashiku, utsukushiku: Takarazuka Revue and the project of identity (re-)solidification pp. 5-25: Grăjdian Maria
Reinforcing identities? Non-Japanese residents, television and cultural nationalism in Japan pp. 27-47: Hambleton Alexandra
Eating disorders and self-harm in Japanese culture and cultural expressions pp. 49-69: Hansen Gitte Marianne
Spiritual safety nets and networked faith: The “liquidity” of family and work under late modernity pp. 71-92: Gagné Isaac
Autonomy, religiosity and national identification as determinants of life satisfaction: A theoretical and empirical model and its application to Japan pp. 93-127: Jagodzinski Wolfgang

Editorial pp. 1-2: Coulmas Florian
Preface pp. 3-6: Holthus Barbara G. and Iwata-Weickgenannt Kristina
Stability and increasing fluidity in the contemporary Japanese social stratification system pp. 7-21: Sato Yoshimichi
When dismissal becomes a business transaction: Analysis of the processes and consequences of haken-giri under the global recession pp. 23-45: Kojima Shinji
Divided society model and social cleavages in Japanese politics: No alignment by social class, but dealignment of rural-urban division pp. 47-74: Chiavacci David
Eine andere Form der Ungleichheit: Behinderung und soziale Stratifikation in Japans kakusa shakai-Diskussion pp. 75-98: Zachmann Urs Matthias
Understanding buraku inequality: Improvements and challenges pp. 99-113: Bondy Christopher
From the traditions of J-horror to the representation of kakusa shakai in Kurosawa's film Tokyo Sonata pp. 115-136: Rosenbaum Roman
Gender and class in Miura Atsushi's karyū shakai [low-stream society]: Literature review pp. 137-152: Schad-Seifert Annette
Collaboration or confrontation? Local and non-local actors in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial pp. 153-178: Klien Susanne
Constructing difference in Japan: Literary counter-images of the Okinawa boom pp. 179-204: Hein Ina
The personal is political in Kinuta o utsu onna [The cloth fuller]: A ‘little narrative' by zainichi Korean writer Lee Hoe Sung pp. 205-221: Foxworth Elise