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Contesting the myths of samurai baseball : cultural representations of Japan's national pastime /
Almost right from the introduction of baseball to Japan the sport was regarded as qualitatively different from the original American model. This vision of Japanese baseball associates the sport with steadfast devotion (magokoro) and the values of the samurai class in the code of Bushidō, in which g...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hong Kong :
Hong Kong University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Almost right from the introduction of baseball to Japan the sport was regarded as qualitatively different from the original American model. This vision of Japanese baseball associates the sport with steadfast devotion (magokoro) and the values of the samurai class in the code of Bushidō, in which greatness is achieved through hard work under the tutelage of a selfless master. In Contesting the Myths of Samurai Baseball Keaveney analyzes the persistent appeal of such mythologizing, arguing that the sport has been serving as a repository for traditional values, to which the Japanese have returne. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-222) and index (pages 223-230). |
| ISBN: | 9789888455355 9888455354 |