農村部における「家族の個人化」についての一考察--島根県中山間地域の事例研究
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss “individualization in family” in a rural area by using the qualitative data from a case study in the hilly and mountainous areas of Shimane prefecture. In most families in this case study, an individual's freedom was respected by the other family members. When we define “individualization in family” as increasingly free discretion of each family member, we find the tendency of “individualization in family” in those families. On the other hand, each family member considered the family group important. The data suggested that family group is regarded as a means of adaptation to rural life, and each family member may have a sense of obligation to maintain the family group. This obligation seems to be fulfilled by considering the freedom of other family members. To discuss a good balance between respecting individual freedom and maintaining the family group, this study found that additional studies of families in rural area are necessary.