Ganbaru (make effort) and its intersecctions in japanese society

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14244./2238-3069.2023/12

Keywords:

Masculinity. Media. Japanese Society.

Abstract

This article deals with aspects related to the expression ganbaru (make effort) as a face of socialization in values of harmony and hierarchy, which are central to Japanese society, and are reinforced by other social bodies, the media and the police, also considered and which seem to reflect a model of social arrangements that is quite different in the way in which they share personal responsibilities for systemic problems. The text is divided into three sections: the role of masculinity, the role of the group and the role of the media, outlining the uneven distribution of “job insecurity” in Japan, furiitas (part-time workers), “parasite singles”, children who are victims of bullying and female workers.

Author Biographies

Monica Caron, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar

Graduação (1995) em Psicologia pela USP/Bacharelado, Licenciatura e Formação de Psicólogo. Pós-graduação lato-senso (1996) em Psicopedagogia Aplicada à Neurologia Infantil, na Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da UNICAMP, Mestrado (2000) e Doutorado (2004) no Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem/UNICAMP com estágio (2002-2003) no Laboratoire détudes sur lacquisition et la pathologie du langage chez lenfant (LEAPLE/Université René Descartes, Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Sorbonne/Paris V), em Linguística Aplicada ao Ensino/Aprendizagem de Língua Materna. Pós-doutorado (2013) em Linguística no IEL/UNICAMP junto ao Projeto Integrado em Neurolinguística: práticas com a linguagem e documentação de dados. Associada ao Centro Lacaniano de Investigação da Ansiedade (CLIN-a).

Cesar Alves Ferragi, Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar

Doutor em Administração Pública – International Christian University (ICU), Tóquio, Japão. Professor Adjunto no DGTH – Departamento de Geografia, Turismo e Humanidades, UFSCar campus Sorocaba

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Published

2024-03-08