Basketball in Japan - Shooting for the Stars

Through a study of basketball in Japan, this book aims to help readers better understand the historical formation and contemporary reformation of cultural identity in Japan.

List of contents

1. (Be)Longing 2. Thinking Basketball 3. Boys, Be Ambitious 4. DNA 5. Waiting for a Male Hardwood Hero 6. Inferiority and Guts 7. Break the Border

About the author

Aaron L. Miller is Lecturer in the Department of Kinesiology at California State University, East Bay, USA.

Summary

Through a study of basketball in Japan, this book aims to help readers better understand the historical formation and contemporary reformation of cultural identity in Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Aaron Miller, Aaron L. Miller
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032667683
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3266768-3
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Basketball, Japan, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology