Empirical Study on Contemporary Japanese Family based on the Historical Ie-Perspective

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24530624
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: HIRAI SHOKO 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (30464259)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): FUJII Masaru 神戸大学, 大学院人文学研究科, 教授 (20165343) ; YAMANE Mari 愛知教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (20242894)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): LEE Kyoung-Won 岡山大学, 大学院教育学研究科, 教授 (90263425)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 家 / 家族 / 親族ネットワーク / 子育てネットワーク / 愛知県

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We explored family and kin relationships from the perspective of the ie, aiming to advance the theory on the transformation of the ie itself. In order to deepen the knowledge on family and kin relationships, we gathered, analyzed, and interpreted the data on families in their childrearing phase. The results of this study revealed that there is a continuity between the ie and contemporary families, reflected in different experiences of the local population and the non-local population in a suburb of Nagoya City Moreover, the traditional ideology of “the family successor” is preserved in the value system of the “locals” even if they do not support the other norms related to the ie. Thus, the results of this study underlined that it is necessary to introduce the perspective of the ie into the research on families in order to reach a more comprehensive understanding of their contemporary forms.

Free Research Field

社会学