Japan, Sport and Society (Sport in the Global Society) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714682934 ISBN 13: 9780714682938

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Loughborough University, UK Shimane University, Japan De Montfort University, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0714682934
• ISBN 13: 9780714682938
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Maguire Joseph, Nakayama Masayoshi