ANTH 2230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Retirement Age, National Pension Scheme, Post-Occupation Japan
13 Apr 2015
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Anth2230 work (iii) and life course & aging (i) Changing working conditions and new opportunities (the 1990s -: the japanese dream (becoming a salaried man/his wife) is no longer easily attainable, more opportunities for female professionals. Some young people (both men and women) are starting their own companies (it: education has become more important for female professionals, more common for women to be managers, but: female-female disparity (see the kurotani reading) The life course and aging in postwar japan japan. A person in the company of others : recognizing indebtedness & interdependence. Student (elementary, middle, high schools: baby, child (boys/girls, university/college student, adult, the elderly or older persons, the dead: ancestors and homeless souls. 20 years old (legal definition: coming of age day in january (civic ceremonies and visits to religious institutions, what are the markers of adulthood, males: job, marriage, and family (breadwinner, females:(job), marriage, family (homemaking, caring for family members)
