Stephen Murphy‐shigematsu
Biographic Data
| ID | 4508633 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Murphy‐shigematsu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Murphy‐shigematsu |
| SIGNATURE | SHIGEMATSU S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Tokyo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hikikomori
Drops of Water
When you do not realize that you are one with the river, or one with the universe you have fear. Whether it is separated into drops or not, water is water. Our life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death any more and we have no difficulty in our life. 1 When I was told that I had been assigned a person named Yoshiko Meyers to visit, the questions began. What do you talk about with someone who is dying? W…
When Half Is Whole
listen and gather people's stories. Then I write them down in a way that I hope will communicate something to others, so that seeing these stories will give readers something of value. I tell myself that this isn't going to be done unless I do it, just because of who I am. It's a way of making my mark, leaving something behind ...not that I'm planning on going anywhere right now. So explains Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu in this touching, introspecti…
Hybrid Identities and Adolescent Girls
I hated it when I was little ... the school trip photo ... only MY face was somehow different, so I hated that, and now ... it’s like it’s good, I guess. Hybrid Identities and Adolescent Girls captures the raw voices of teenage girls, revealing their intimate feelings about being ‘half ’ in Japan. Laurel Kamada gives us a rich account of adolescent development and identity construction, based on group interviews with six girls of mixed ancestry, …
Identity narratives of Muslim foreign workers in Japan
This article examines the identity and acculturation experience of Muslim foreign workers in Japan. The psychological impact of prolonged stay in a foreign country was studied by eliciting narratives of experiences of 24 male foreign workers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Iran who had been in Japan more than 5 years. By analysing the narratives they produced, three different styles of stories emerged which explained their experiences and their at…
Psychological barriers for international students in Japan
Family psychology and family therapy in Japan
The development of family psychology and family therapy in Japan has occurred mostly since the 1980s. This development was originally activated by the major social issue in contemporary Japan of school refusal, in which more than 127,000 children either overtly refuse to or claim that they cannot go to school. From a family perspective, this problem is analyzed as it relates to the confusion that children experience from unbalanced and unclear bo…
Family psychology and family therapy in Japan
Clinical work with minorities in Japan
Psychotherapeutic work in Japan with minority populations requires an understanding of their specific social and cultural context. Clinical case studies of individuals of burakumin, Korean, and mixed ancestry illustrate the complex issues of prejudice, discrimination, legal contraints, state ideology, and popular mythology of homogeneity that each brings to counseling. Clinical approaches, guided by a multicultural counseling and therapy framewor…
Multiethnic Japan and the Monoethnic Myth
Japan is a society with many ethnic and social minority groups and a large majority population of heterogeneous origins. Anthropological evidence describes a migration from Southeast Asia and later from East Asia, probably over land bridges that once existed. The early settlers in the Jomon era included the Ainu and Ryukyuan peoples, and were followed by immigrants of the Yayoi era. The Ryukyuans lived in Okinawa and the other Ryukyu islands, and…
Multiethnic Japan and the Monoethnic Myth
Japan is a society with many ethnic and social minority groups and a large majority population of heterogeneous origins. Anthropological evidence describes a migration from Southeast Asia and later from East Asia, probably over land bridges that once existed. The early settlers in the Jomon era included the Ainu and Ryukyuan peoples, and were followed by immigrants of the Yayoi era. The Ryukyuans lived in Okinawa and the other Ryukyu islands, and…
Identity narratives of Muslim foreign workers in Japan
This article examines the identity and acculturation experience of Muslim foreign workers in Japan. The psychological impact of prolonged stay in a foreign country was studied by eliciting narratives of experiences of 24 male foreign workers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Iran who had been in Japan more than 5 years. By analysing the narratives they produced, three different styles of stories emerged which explained their experiences and their at…
Multiethnic Japan and the Monoethnic Myth
Japan is a society with many ethnic and social minority groups and a large majority population of heterogeneous origins. Anthropological evidence describes a migration from Southeast Asia and later from East Asia, probably over land bridges that once existed. The early settlers in the Jomon era included the Ainu and Ryukyuan peoples, and were followed by immigrants of the Yayoi era. The Ryukyuans lived in Okinawa and the other Ryukyu islands, and…
Clinical work with minorities in Japan
Psychotherapeutic work in Japan with minority populations requires an understanding of their specific social and cultural context. Clinical case studies of individuals of burakumin, Korean, and mixed ancestry illustrate the complex issues of prejudice, discrimination, legal contraints, state ideology, and popular mythology of homogeneity that each brings to counseling. Clinical approaches, guided by a multicultural counseling and therapy framewor…
Family psychology and family therapy in Japan
The development of family psychology and family therapy in Japan has occurred mostly since the 1980s. This development was originally activated by the major social issue in contemporary Japan of school refusal, in which more than 127,000 children either overtly refuse to or claim that they cannot go to school. From a family perspective, this problem is analyzed as it relates to the confusion that children experience from unbalanced and unclear bo…
Family psychology and family therapy in Japan
Psychological barriers for international students in Japan
Identity narratives of Muslim foreign workers in Japan
This article examines the identity and acculturation experience of Muslim foreign workers in Japan. The psychological impact of prolonged stay in a foreign country was studied by eliciting narratives of experiences of 24 male foreign workers from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Iran who had been in Japan more than 5 years. By analysing the narratives they produced, three different styles of stories emerged which explained their experiences and their at…
When Half Is Whole
listen and gather people's stories. Then I write them down in a way that I hope will communicate something to others, so that seeing these stories will give readers something of value. I tell myself that this isn't going to be done unless I do it, just because of who I am. It's a way of making my mark, leaving something behind ...not that I'm planning on going anywhere right now. So explains Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu in this touching, introspecti…
Hybrid Identities and Adolescent Girls
I hated it when I was little ... the school trip photo ... only MY face was somehow different, so I hated that, and now ... it’s like it’s good, I guess. Hybrid Identities and Adolescent Girls captures the raw voices of teenage girls, revealing their intimate feelings about being ‘half ’ in Japan. Laurel Kamada gives us a rich account of adolescent development and identity construction, based on group interviews with six girls of mixed ancestry, …
Drops of Water
When you do not realize that you are one with the river, or one with the universe you have fear. Whether it is separated into drops or not, water is water. Our life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death any more and we have no difficulty in our life. 1 When I was told that I had been assigned a person named Yoshiko Meyers to visit, the questions began. What do you talk about with someone who is dying? W…
Hikikomori
Psychology (8 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychotherapist (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works)