Japanese women and sport : beyond baseball and sumo /

In 'Japanese Women and Sport', Robin Kietlinski sets out to problematize the hegemonic image of the delicate Japanese woman, highlighting an overlooked area in the history of modern Japan. Previous studies of gender in the Japanese context do not explore the history of female participation...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kietlinski, Robin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2011.
Series:Globalizing sport studies.
Subjects:
Sports for women > Japan.
Sports féminins > Japon.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Sports for women.
Japan.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Why women's sport? Why Japan?
  • Japanese sportswomen in context
  • The road to participation in competitive sport
  • From calisthenics to competition : early participation in international sport
  • From antipathy to applause : the emergence of female powerhouses on the international scene
  • Progress and potential : sportswomen in the 1960s and 1970s
  • Female athletes in contemporary Japan
  • Theoretical concerns surrounding Japanese women in sport
  • Afterword : What about women's baseball and women's sumo?

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