Can ‘a real man’ live for his family? Ikigai and masculinity in today’s Japan

Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 109-125

  Mathews, Gordon ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203994955-12     Document Type: Chapter

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