Japan, Sport and Society: Tradition and Change in a Globalizing World

by Joseph MaGuire

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714682934
• ISBN13: 9780714682938
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"