Sport and Body Politics in Japan.

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There is more to Japanese sport than sumo, karate and baseball. This study of social sport in Japan pursues a comprehensive approach towards sport as a distinctive cultural sphere at the intersection of body culture, political economy, and cultural globalization. Bridging the gap between Bourdieu an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Manzenreiter, Wolfram
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Colección:Routledge research in sport, culture and society.
Temas:
Sports > Japan > History.
Sports and society > Japan > History.
Human body > Social aspects > Japan.
Human body > Political aspects > Japan.
Culture and globalization > Japan.
Sports > Japon > Histoire.
Corps humain > Aspect social > Japon.
Corps humain > Aspect politique > Japon.
Culture et mondialisation > Japon.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Culture and globalization
Human body > Political aspects
Human body > Social aspects
Sports
Japan
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:There is more to Japanese sport than sumo, karate and baseball. This study of social sport in Japan pursues a comprehensive approach towards sport as a distinctive cultural sphere at the intersection of body culture, political economy, and cultural globalization. Bridging the gap between Bourdieu and Foucault, it explains the significance of the body as a field of action and a topic of discourse in molding subject and society in modern Japan. More specifically, it provides answers to questions such as how and to what purposes are politics of the body articulated in Japan, particularly in th.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (592 pages).
ISBN:9781135022341
1135022348
9781135022358
1135022356

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