Work, Employment, and Family in Japan: Reproduction, and  Transformation?

Fujita, Noriko

117th Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association

American Anthropological Association

San Jose, USA

Debates on social change have always been central to social science. While social science research on Japan has often emphasized social reproduction more than transformation, anthropologists of Japan have spotlighted diverse actors, such as child-caring salarymen and regularly employed mothers, who have arisen from inside the dominant mode but embodied new practices. Amidst these dynamics in contemporary Japanese society, we, as anthropologists who inquire into human capabilities and impacts of their practices on employment and family structures, seek
to question further: 1) How do individuals embody these novel practices? 2) Do these practices affect their relationships with others? 3) Then, does this lead to social change? In this panel, each paper will
shed light on diverse actors who embody new practices in the dominant social structures in Japan. We discuss how these practices are embodied and then impact the actors’ relationships with others.

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