Overview
Provides a comprehensive overview of family violence in Japan from a life course perspective
Takes a broader approach to the field, covering child abuse, intimate partner violence, filial violence and elder abuse as a whole in Japan
Analyzes various types of family violence in Japan, incorporating historical development of individuals and intergenerational factors simultaneously
Identifies seven major sociocultural characteristics which may induce or suppress each type of family violence in Japan
Presents Japanese perspective of family violence in Japan by five Japanese family sociologists specializing in the field
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Fumie Kumagai, Ph.D., is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan. She obtained a doctorate from the University of New Hampshire at Durham under the direction of Professor Murray A. Straus, a founder of sociological studies of family violence. Subsequently, she served as a project assistant for Prof. Straus on the U.S. National Family Violence Survey, and is well versed to family violence studies through a life course perspective. She has extensive experience in the West as a student, college professor and researcher. Her overseas experience affords her a unique cross-cultural perspective in the field of families and demography, social issues, and intercultural communication. In discussing Japanese society, culture, and families, she acts as a “voice in the wilderness” insisting it is vial to pay close attention to regional variations rather than taking Japan as a whole. She has authored 22 books, of them five in English, and numerous articles both in Japanese and in English.
Masako Ishii-Kuntz, Ph.D., is Professor of Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences at Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan. Prior to her present appointment, she was a faculty member in Sociology Department at the University of
California, Riverside for 20 years during which she created and taught several undergraduate and graduate courses on family violence. She authored many books and articles on the division of household labor in Japan and the U.S. Her articles appeared in such journals as Journal of Marriage and Family, Family Relations, and Journal of Family Issues. Her most recent research funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science examines the use of internet technologies and social media in fathering and mothering practices in Japan, Korea, U.S. and Sweden. In recognition of her contribution to the international research and teaching of family sociology, she received the 2012 Jan Trost Award of the National Council on Family Relations.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Family Violence in Japan
Book Subtitle: A Life Course Perspective
Editors: Fumie Kumagai, Masako Ishii-Kuntz
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0057-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-0055-3Published: 04 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9074-5Published: 07 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-0057-7Published: 04 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 175
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Personality and Social Psychology, Regional and Cultural Studies