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Sport and Body Politics in Japan

Wolfram Manzenreiter author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:16th Sep '15

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There is more to Japanese sport than sumo, karate and baseball. This study of social sport in Japan pursues a comprehensive approach towards sport as a distinctive cultural sphere at the intersection of body culture, political economy, and cultural globalization. Bridging the gap between Bourdieu and Foucault, it explains the significance of the body as a field of action and a topic of discourse in molding subject and society in modern Japan. More specifically, it provides answers to questions such as how and to what purposes are politics of the body articulated in Japan, particularly in the realm of sport? What is the agenda of state actors that develop politics aiming at the body, and to what degree are political and societal objectives impacted by commercial and non-political actors? How are political decisions on the allocation of resources made, and what are their consequences for sporting opportunities and practices of the body in general? Without neglecting the significance of sport spectatorship, this study takes a particular angle by looking at sport as a field of practice, pain and pleasure.

"Going beyond the narrative and descriptive, this book is required reading for those serious about examining sport in new ways. But it is not light reading and will challenge even advanced scholars. Summing Up: Recommended."– L. A. Heaphy, Kent State University in CHOICE

ISBN: 9781138952898

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

316 pages