Sport and Body Politics in Japan

Der Band versammelt Beiträge ausgewiesener Wissenschaftler zu Schule und Bildung. Dabei wird aus historischer und aktueller Perspektive der Wandel des Bildungssystems exemplifiziert. Berücksichtigt werden Strukturprobleme der Schulentwicklung im Spektrum von Bildungsstandards, Schulkarrieren, Schülerbiographie sowie die Auswirkungen von Gewalt und ihrer Begegnung in Theorie und Praxis.

List of contents

Introduction: Researching Sport and the Political Economy of the Body in Japan Part One: Configurations of Modernity: Sport, the Body and the Nation 1. Modern Bodies, Capital Cities: The Institutionalization of Sport in Late Nation States 2. Creating Space: Urbanity and Modernity in the Japanese Sport Landscape 3. Sport, Body Control and National Discipline in Prewar and Wartime Japan Part Two: New Roles, New Faces: Sport in the Service of Various Masters 4. Sport and Gender in the Japanese Classroom 5. How to Sell a Public Good: The Current State of Sport Supply in Japan 6. Sport and Challenges of the Aged Society in Japan 7. Health, Lifestyle Risks and the Japanese Obesity Crisis 8. The World Cup Comes to Town: Critical Investigation of the Political Economy of Sport Mega-Events Part Three: Global Dimensions: Sport and Geo-Politics of the Body 9. The Global Game in the Service of Japan’s Foreign Diplomacy 10. Sport, Spectacles and Subalternity: Positioning East Asia in World Sports 11. Japan, Asia and the New International Division of Sport Apparel Labour. Epilogue: Japanese Sport and Global Body Culture.

About the author

Wolfram Manzenreiter is a Professor in the Department of Japanese Studies at the University of Vienna.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfram Manzenreiter, Wolfram (University of Vienna Manzenreiter, Manzenreiter Wolfram
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.09.2013
• EAN: 9780415840408
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84040-8
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Japan, SPORTS & RECREATION / General, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Sports & outdoor recreation, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, Sports and Active outdoor recreation