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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-15 - Publisher: Routledge

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There is more to Japanese sport than sumo, karate and baseball. This study of social sport in Japan pursues a comprehensive approach towards sport as a distinct
Sport and Body Politics in Japan
Language: en
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Authors: Wolfram Manzenreiter
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-15 - Publisher: Routledge

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There is more to Japanese sport than sumo, karate and baseball. This study of social sport in Japan pursues a comprehensive approach towards sport as a distinct
Martial Arts and the Body Politic in Meiji Japan
Language: en
Pages: 206
Authors: Denis Gainty
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-08-22 - Publisher: Routledge

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In 1895, the newly formed Greater Japan Martial Virtue Association (Dainippon Butokukai) held its first annual Martial Virtue Festival (butokusai) in the ancien
This Sporting Life
Language: en
Pages: 296
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Sport, Memory and Nationhood in Japan
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Authors: Andreas Niehaus
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-13 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book clarifies and verifies the role sport has as an alternative marker in understanding and mapping memory in Japan, by applying the concept of lieux de m