Seeing Stars - Sports Celebrity, Identity, and Body Culture in Modern Japan

Zusammenfassung In Seeing Stars, Dennis J. Frost traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. Frost explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dennis J Frost, Dennis J. Frost
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.10.2010
• EAN: 9780674056107
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05610-7
• Pagine: 350
• Serie: Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs; Harvard East Asian Monographs (HUP)
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Sport; Saggistica > Storia > Altro