{"product_id":"precarious-japan-paperback","title":"Precarious Japan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Allison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an era of irregular labor, nagging recession, nuclear contamination, and a shrinking population, Japan is facing precarious times. How the Japanese experience insecurity in their daily and social lives is the subject of \u003ci\u003ePrecarious Japan\u003c\/i\u003e. Tacking between the structural conditions of socioeconomic life and the ways people are making do, or not, Anne Allison chronicles the loss of home affecting many Japanese, not only in the literal sense but also in the figurative sense of not belonging. Until the collapse of Japan's economic bubble in 1991, lifelong employment and a secure income were within reach of most Japanese men, enabling them to maintain their families in a comfortable middle-class lifestyle. Now, as fewer and fewer people are able to find full-time work, hope turns to hopelessness and security gives way to a pervasive unease. Yet some Japanese are getting by, partly by reconceiving notions of home, family, and togetherness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Allison is Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMillennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePermitted and Prohibited Desires: Mothers, Comics, and Censorship in Japan\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eNightwork: Sexuality, Pleasure, and Corporate Masculinity in a Tokyo Hostess Club\u003c\/i\u003e and a coeditor of the journal \u003ci\u003eCultural Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 22, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978455974189,"sku":"9780822355625","price":39.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/QktsalZ6NVFTSEh4N2FubVhULzc1QT09.webp?v=1775805263","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/precarious-japan-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}