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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463628103321

Autore

Nagatomo Jun

Titolo

Migration as transnational leisure : the Japanese lifestyle migrants in Australia / / by Jun Nagatomo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands : , : BRILL, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-28300-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Social Sciences in Asia, , 1567-2794 ; ; Volume 38

Disciplina

305.9/069120952

Soggetti

Lifestyles - Japan

Lifestyles - Australia

Japanese - Australia - Social conditions

Immigrants - Australia - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Japan Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Australia Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 The Emergence of Lifestyle Migrants in Japanese Society -- 2 Globalisation, Transnationalism, Migration and Leisure Reconsidered -- 3 Japanese Migration to Australia: From Past to Present -- 4 The Emerging New Values: Social Transformation and the Japanese Middle Class -- 5 From Tourists to Migrants: The Lure of the Australian Lifestyle -- 6 Life after Migration: Japanese Immigrants’ Experience of Migration -- 7 Conclusion: Migration and Settlement of Lifestyle Migrants -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 1990's, 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.