新型コロナウイルスパンデミックと家族

家庭内コミュニケーションにおける困難と可能性をめぐって

抄録

　This paper examines Japanese families in 2020 and their circumstances

brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic in order to describe obstacles and

potential for their relationships and communication.

　　The stay home campaign run by the government has driven the public to

encroach into the private realm by encouraging people to perform work

remotely from home. Sounder relationships formed by necessary dialogues during

the transition provided the unprecedented potential for the dismantlement

of the gender-based division of work. Meanwhile, mothers clearly faced difficulties

in childcare while confined at home. Longstanding social exclusion of mothers

and children in Japan was exacerbated by peer pressure associated with

the pandemic. Normally, the government is supposed to address such difficulties.

As affairs now stand in Japan, the market is supporting families by offering

intangible experiences to cope with their circumstances.