TY - JOUR AU - Sakai, Tomoko PY - 2020/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Dansei Konenki: Narratives of Male Menopause in Contemporary Japan JF - McGill Journal of Medicine JA - McGill J Med VL - 7 IS - 2 SE - Reflections DO - 10.26443/mjm.v7i2.787 UR - https://mjm.mcgill.ca/article/view/787 SP - AB - <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p>Previous research has focused on cross-cultural comparisons of illnesses, such as depression and senile dementia, though few have studied the actual processes by which these illness categories become separated from their roots and adopted in a different locale; in anthropological terms, their "indigenization." Through anthropological fieldwork conducted from June to September of 2003, this paper explores how dansei konenki, or male menopause, has found a niche in contemporary Japan, as well as the defining features of the country that may explain this phenomenon. Based on this research, I argue that the indigenization of dansei konenki embodies a particular socio- historical moment in Japan-namely, that of the long-running economic decline in recent years.</p></div></div></div></div> ER -