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Urban migrants in rural Japan: Between agency and anomie in a post-growth society

Urban migrants in rural Japan: Between agency and anomie in a post-growth society CONTEMPORARY JAPAN BOOK REVIEW Urban migrants in rural Japan: Between agency and anomie in a post-growth society, by Susanne Klien, Albany, NY, SUNY Press, 2020, US$95.00 (hardback), ISBN This study, written by Susanne Klien from Hokkaido University, contributes to research on rural areas and urban-rural migration by demonstrating new ways of thinking about rurality as a theoretical concept, as well as identifying Japan’s urban-rural migration not as a Japanese phenomenon but as an aspect of post-growth societies everywhere. Previous research on lifestyle migration mainly concentrated on individuals migrating in order to slow down their lives and opt out of conventional work modes. This book, however, depicts the migrants’ struggles of balancing their pursuit for professional success with their quest for a better quality of life. Drawing on Susanne Klien’s extensive ethnographic fieldwork regarding urbanites living in rural areas of Japan (Klien, 2016; 2019), this study gathers various narratives depicting individuals’ motivations to migrate, their hopes and aspirations of leading a more self- determined, diverse and sustainable life, as well as their struggles in implementing these into their everyday lives. In combining ethnographic fieldwork and face-to-face interviews with “virtual” fieldwork via social media and online interviews, this work represents the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Contemporary Japan Taylor & Francis

Urban migrants in rural Japan: Between agency and anomie in a post-growth society

Miserka, Antonia
Contemporary Japan , Volume OnlineFirst: 3 – Jul 25, 2021
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Urban migrants in rural Japan: Between agency and anomie in a post-growth society

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CONTEMPORARY JAPAN BOOK REVIEW Urban migrants in rural Japan: Between agency and anomie in a post-growth society, by Susanne Klien, Albany, NY, SUNY Press, 2020, US$95.00 (hardback), ISBN This study, written by Susanne Klien from Hokkaido University, contributes to research on rural areas and urban-rural migration by demonstrating new ways of thinking about rurality as a theoretical concept, as well as identifying Japan’s urban-rural migration not as a Japanese phenomenon but as an...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2021 Antonia Miserka
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1869-2737
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1869-2729
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10.1080/18692729.2021.1957543
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CONTEMPORARY JAPAN BOOK REVIEW Urban migrants in rural Japan: Between agency and anomie in a post-growth society, by Susanne Klien, Albany, NY, SUNY Press, 2020, US$95.00 (hardback), ISBN This study, written by Susanne Klien from Hokkaido University, contributes to research on rural areas and urban-rural migration by demonstrating new ways of thinking about rurality as a theoretical concept, as well as identifying Japan’s urban-rural migration not as a Japanese phenomenon but as an aspect of post-growth societies everywhere. Previous research on lifestyle migration mainly concentrated on individuals migrating in order to slow down their lives and opt out of conventional work modes. This book, however, depicts the migrants’ struggles of balancing their pursuit for professional success with their quest for a better quality of life. Drawing on Susanne Klien’s extensive ethnographic fieldwork regarding urbanites living in rural areas of Japan (Klien, 2016; 2019), this study gathers various narratives depicting individuals’ motivations to migrate, their hopes and aspirations of leading a more self- determined, diverse and sustainable life, as well as their struggles in implementing these into their everyday lives. In combining ethnographic fieldwork and face-to-face interviews with “virtual” fieldwork via social media and online interviews, this work represents the

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Contemporary Japan – Taylor & Francis

Published: Jul 25, 2021

References

  • Reinventing Ishinomaki, reinventing Japan? Creative networks, alternative lifestyles and the search for quality of life in post-growth Japan
  • Entrepreneurial selves, governmentality and lifestyle migrants in rural Japan