| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
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| Research Abstract |
This study highlights the transformation of suburban space that occurred during Japan's rapid economic growth. This research will approach the topic from the gender perspective. In particular, this inquiry will focus on local people who are actively involved in shaping their community. Suburban space was developed over forty years ago and currently is experiencing a decline due to aging and decreasing population. Concurrently, the way in which the category of gender is constructed is undergoing changes as well. Namely, discourses related to the promotion of gender specific roles and endorsing the ideal of the nuclear family are losing their relevance.This study traces these processes of transformation by focusing on daily practices of local people that renegotiate gender roles. In addition, this research gives careful consideration to both possibilities and potential problems brought about by the new trend of female participation in shaping of the local communities.
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