Migration as Transnational Leisure

The Japanese Lifestyle Migrants in Australia
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-28299-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 354 g

Reihe: Social Sciences in Asia

In Migration as Transnational Leisure: The Japanese Lifestyle Migrants in Australia Jun Nagatomo discusses a new type of migration in which “lifestyle” is at the core of middle class aspirations to migrate. Traditionally, international migration has been commonly seen as resulting from economic, political and religious causes. However, this book studies an intriguing new dynamic between the social transformation and the Japanese engagement with tourism and migration. Since the 1990s, when Japan was struggling with the recession, increasing numbers of young middle class Japanese began to drift from the safe and assured life course model and chose to live abroad. This book explores how lifestyle values affect migration decision of Japanese migrants in Australia and settlement processes in the migration destination.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagatomo, Jun

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie der Lebensart, Well-Being

Über Autor(innen)

Jun Nagatomo, Ph.D. (2009, The University of Queensland) is Associate Professor at Kwansei Gakuin University. He has published many articles and books on Japanese migration to Australia, including Nihon Syakai wo Nogareru (Sairyusha, 2013, for which he received the Sir Neil Currie Australian Studies Award).