Japan, Sport and Society
Tradition and Change in a Globalizing World
Series: Sport in the Global Society;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 15 December 2005
- ISBN 9780714682938
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 360 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 28 Illustrations, black & white; 4 Halftones, black & white; 15 Line drawings, black & white; 8 Tables, black & white 0
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Short description:
Examines the tension between traditional models of Japanese sport, developed over centuries of relative isolation, and the forces of modernization and Japanese determination to become a global power.
MoreLong description:
Evolving for centuries in relative isolation, sport in Japan developed a unique character reflective of Japanese culture and society. In recent decades, Japan's drive towards cultural and economic modernization has consciously incorporated a modernization of its sports cultures. Japan, Sport and Society provides insights into this process, revealing the tensions between continuity and change, tradition and modernity, the local and the global in a culture facing the new economic and political realities of our modern world. The book explores three broad areas of interest:
- sport and modern society in Japan
- current issues in social reconstruction and reproduction in sport
- modernization, globalization and sport in Japan.
Providing unprecedented access to new work from Japanese scholars, and raising key questions of globalization and cultural identity, this text represents a fascinating resource for students and researchers of sport and society.
"Maguire (sociology of sport, Loughborough U., UK) and Nakayama (sport sociology, Shimane U., Japan) bring together ten research articles by Japanese scholars on issues of sport, culture, and Japanese society. The first group of articles discusses innovation in martial arts, the emergence and development of Japanese school sport, and the development of the Japanese baseball professional ideology. Sociological processes of social reconstruction and reproduction is the major theme of papers on sustainable sport and environmental problems, role of voluntary associations in the formation of sport spectatorship, and issues of gender and sport. The final group looks at Japanese sport in the context of modernization and globalization." --Reference & Research Book News More
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Japan, sport and society: Tradition and change in a globalizing world. Making Sport and Modern Japanese Society: 1. Innovation in martial arts: Forms of sport and modern Japanese society 2. The emergence and development of Japanese school sport 3. The Japanese baseball spirit and professional ideology
Social Reconstruction, Reproduction and Sport
Chapter Four
Economic development and the value aspect of sport
Chapter Five
Sustainable sport and environmental problems: The E-boat movement as a social experiment in green sport
Chapter Six
Voluntary associations formed through sport spectatorship: A case study of pro baseball fan club
Chapter Seven
Playfulness and gender in Japanese modern society
Modernization, Globalization and Sport: A Critical Examination
Chapter Eight
FIFA World Cup 2002: The Japanese football phenomena in cultural contexts
Chapter Nine
Physical Cognition in Sport: Something of wisdom buried in modernization
Chapter Ten
Globalization: The changing field of Japanese sport
