224 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
222 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
222 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book presents an ethnographic investigation of intimate and reproductive behaviour in current Japanese society, grounded in the viewpoints of a group of Japanese mothers. It adopts a new approach in studying the decreasing fertility rates which are contributing to the ageing population in modern Japan. Based on the accounts of 57 married Japanese women, it employs symbolic interactionism as... Read more
Introduction
1 The Demographic Cliff
2 Researching Intimacy and Reproduction
3 Unintended Pregnancies
4 Intended Pregnancies
5 Assisted Pregnancies
6 Middle-class Pregnancies
Conclusion
Biography
Genaro Castro-Vázquez is Assistant Professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
