Hikikomori: Adolescence without End
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Hikikomori: Adolescence without End
By (Author) Saito Tamaki
Translated by Jeffrey Angles
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st April 2013
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social and cultural anthropology
Psychology
155.418232
Physical Properties
Paperback
208
Width 140mm, Height 216mm, Spine 25mm
Description
This is the first English translation of a controversial Japanese best seller that made the public aware of the social problem of hikikomori, or "withdrawal"a phenomenon estimated by the author to involve as many as one million Japanese adolescents and young adults who have withdrawn from society, retreating to their rooms for months or years and severing almost all ties to the outside world.
Author Bio
Sait Tamaki is a practicing psychiatrist and director of medical services at Sfkai Sasaki Hospital in Funabashi, Japan. He is the author of more than two dozen books, including Beautiful Fighting Girl (Minnesota, 2011).
