Precarious Japan

by Anne Allison

Book Overview

In 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 Precarious Japan . 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822355620
• ISBN13: 9780822355625
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"