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Japan's 'Socially Withdrawn Youths' and Time Constraints in Japanese Society

Management and conceptualization of time in a support group for ‘hikikomori

Bibliographic Data

ID4810197
AuthorsSachiko Kaneko (University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume15
Issue2-3
Pages233-249
Publication date2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTime & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0961463x06067034
OpenAlexW2138576112
LanguageEN
Citations received28
References cited6

This article discusses how time is conceptualized among hikikomori, or Japan's so called 'socially withdrawn youth', through the narratives of hikikomori keikensha (those who experienced hikikomori) and also examines time and space management in hikikomorisupport context based on ethnographic data. Hikikomoriis an act of retreat from time and space constraints in society. Hikikomorisupport groups provide a place for them to be without feeling such time constraints, but this is not considered sufficient to get hikikomoriback into society. Hikikomori, which challenges the usual coordinates of time and space, may be understood as a kind of reaction to time pressures and role performances in Japanese society

Context (archaeology · Ethnography · Feeling · Narrative · Sociology · Space time · Time-Space · Anthropology · Computer Science · Engineering · Gender Studies · History · Homelessness and Social Issues · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance

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