Japanese Women and Sport : beyond baseball and sumo / Robin Kietlinski

By:

Kietlinski , Robin

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Globalizing sport studiesPublication details: London : Bloomsbury Academic , 2013Description: 187 Pages ; 30 cmISBN:

9781472539533

Subject(s):

Sports for women -- Japan

LOC classification:

GV709 .P49 2013

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Fayza Aboulnaga Central Library \| مكتبة فايزة أبو النجا المركزية بالحرم الجامعي	GV709 .P49 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C. 1	Available	10012212

Includes bibliographical references and index

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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