「不登校」ナラティヴのゆくえ  [in Japanese] A Narrative Approach to the Futoko (School Non-Attendance/School Refusal)Problem in Japan  [in Japanese]

This paper attempts to position the futoko problem in Japan not as a substantive problem but rather as one of narratives, and to consider the characteristics, wavering and potentials of this narrative. The first characteristic of this inquiry is the use of the perspective of "Constructionism of Social Problems, " as the argument begins by considering the issue of how the problem was created. Secondly, it adopted a "Narrative Approach" in the broad sense by focusing interest on the process of narrative construction of the problem. The following findings were obtained : First, from the point of view of narratives, constructing "futoko" narratives contains the aspect of a struggle for hegemony between the dominant narrative and the counter narrative of the futoko problem. Second, the alternative perspective of "futoko" narratives results in a shaking of the dominant narrative and the production of another "reading" of these narratives. Third, the process of constructing "futoko" narratives develops as two plots : "recovery" and "discovery." The former is a return to the dimension of former narratives. The latter is the discovery of the dimension of the new narratives. Fourth, the "futoko" narratives contain the motif of "transfer" : from "reflection" to "recovery" and from "reflection" to "discovery." Finally, the motif of "transfer" builds a bridge to the new concept of "transfer-based socialization, " in contrast to the concept of "permanent residence-based socialization." This new concept presupposes the "transferability" or "fluidity" of the socialization process rather than the stability and integrity of the traditional concept of "socialization;" it suggests the possibility of re-positioning the problem-saturated self in the narrative of socialization by means of a shift of the position in narrative communication.