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Pushy Women /

Compared to previous generations, the modern Japanese woman has the world at her feet: she can pursue any career, wear whatever she likes, and spend her leisure time however she likes - even playing sumo. This film follows five young wrestlers as they endure the hardships necessary to succeed in the...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Macdonald, Caro (Director)
Format: Video
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:In Japanese.
Published: [Manchester, England] : Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester, 2001.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Women wrestlers > Japan.
Sumo > Japan.
Sex role > Japan.
Wrestling > Training > Japan.
Lutteuses > Japon.
Sumō > Japon.
Rôle selon le sexe > Japon.
Lutte > Entraînement > Japon.
Sex role.
Sumo.
Women wrestlers.
Wrestling > Training.
Japan.
Ethnographic films.
Films ethnographiques.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Compared to previous generations, the modern Japanese woman has the world at her feet: she can pursue any career, wear whatever she likes, and spend her leisure time however she likes - even playing sumo. This film follows five young wrestlers as they endure the hardships necessary to succeed in the unusual world of female sumo wrestling.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed November 04, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (23 min.)
Playing Time:00:23:09