TY - BOOK AU - Mathews,Gordon AU - White,Bruce TI - Japan's changing generations: are Japanese young people creating a new society? T2 - Japan anthropology workshop series SN - 0415384915 (pbk.) : U1 - 305.2350952 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - RoutledgeCurzon KW - Youth KW - Japan KW - Young adults KW - Conflict of generations KW - Social conditions KW - 1945- N1 - Originally published: 2003; Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1; The Japanese Generational Divide --; 1; The Generation Gap in Japanese Society since the 1960s --; 2; Why are Japanese Youth Today so Passive? --; 3; The Local Roots of Global Citizenship: Generational Change in a Kyushu Hamlet --; Part 2; How Teenagers Cope With the Adult World --; 4; How Japanese Teenagers Cope: Social Pressures and Personal Responses --; 5; Youth Fashion and Changing Beautification Practices --; 6; 'Guiding' Japan's University Students through the Generation Gap --; Part 3; How Young Adults Challenge the Social Order --; 7; Seeking a Career, Finding a Job: How Young People Enter and Resist the Japanese World of Work --; 8; Mothers and Their Unmarried Daughters: An Intimate Look at Generational Change --; 9; What Happens When They Come Back: How Japanese Young People with Foreign University Degrees Experience the Japanese Workplace --; 10; Centered Selves and Life Choices: Changing Attitudes of Young Educated Mothers --; Epilogue: Are Japanese Young People Creating a New Society? ER -