Japanese women and sport : beyond baseball and sumo /
In 'Japanese Women and Sport', Robin Kietlinski sets out to problematize the hegemonic image of the delicate Japanese woman, highlighting an overlooked area in the history of modern Japan. Previous studies of gender in the Japanese context do not explore the history of female participation...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2011.
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| Series: | Globalizing sport studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In 'Japanese Women and Sport', Robin Kietlinski sets out to problematize the hegemonic image of the delicate Japanese woman, highlighting an overlooked area in the history of modern Japan. Previous studies of gender in the Japanese context do not explore the history of female participation in sport, and recent academic studies of women and sport tend to focus on Western countries. Kietlinski locates the discussion of Japanese women in sport within a larger East Asian context and considers the socio-economic position and history of modern Japan. Reaching from the early 20th century to the prese. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 187 pages) : map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-184) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849666695 1849666695 9781849666688 1849666687 9781849666701 1849666709 1283479133 9781283479134 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9781849666701 |