The relationship people mediating love and marriage in twenty-first century Japan

Introduction: Love's Labors and Laborers -- Crafting Identity and Dis/Connection with Phatic Language -- Inventing and Reinventing Matchmaking as Phatic Entrepreneurship -- The Protean Landscape of the Internet -- Structural Problems, Phatic "Solutions".

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Alpert, Erika R.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London Lexington Books [2022]
Zusammenfassung:
Introduction: Love's Labors and Laborers -- Crafting Identity and Dis/Connection with Phatic Language -- Inventing and Reinventing Matchmaking as Phatic Entrepreneurship -- The Protean Landscape of the Internet -- Structural Problems, Phatic "Solutions".
"The Relationship People examines the marriage industry and its clients in neoliberal Japan. It addresses what industry professionals are promoting to ease Japan's low rates of marriage and childbirth, what singles are actually doing, and whether focusing on introducing more singles to each other can effectively solve Japan's millennial woes"--
Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 159 Seiten)
Textdatei
Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:
9781498594219
Schlagworte:
Japan
Alleinstehender
Agentur
Partnervermittlung
Ehevermittlung
Ehe
Familie
Marriage brokerage > Japan
Dating services > Japan
Marriage > Japan
Single people > Japan
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