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This edited collection explores the historical dimensions, cultural
practices, socio-economic mechanisms and political agendas that
shape the notion of a national cuisine inside and outside of Japan.
Japanese food is often perceived as pure, natural, healthy and
timeless, and these words not only fuel a hype surrounding Japanese
food and lifestyle worldwide, but also a domestic retro-movement
that finds health and authenticity in 'traditional' ingredients,
dishes and foodways. The authors in this volume bring together
research from the fields of history, cultural and religious
studies, food studies as well as political science and
international relations, and aim to shed light on relevant aspects
of culinary nationalism in Japan while unearthing the underlying
patterns and processes in the construction of food identities.
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 memoire (realms of memory) to
sport in Japan. Japanese history and national construction have not
been short of sports landmarks since the end of the nineteenth
century. Western-style sports were introduced into Japan in order
to modernize the country and develop a culture of consciousness
about bodies resembling that of the Western world. Japan's
modernization has been a process of embracing Western thought and
culture while at the same time attempting to establish what
distinguishes Japan from the West. In this context, sports
functioned as sites of contested identities and memories. The
Olympics, baseball and soccer have produced memories in Japan, but
so too have martial arts, which by their very name signify an
attempt to create traditions beyond Western sports. Because modern
sports form bodies of modern citizens and, at the same time, offer
countless opportunities for competition with other nations, they
provide an excellent ground for testing and contesting national
identifications. By revealing some of the key realms of memory in
the Japanese field of sports, this book shows how memories and
counter-memories of (sport) moments, places, and heroes constitute
an inventory for identity. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Sport in Society.
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 memoire (realms of memory) to
sport in Japan. Japanese history and national construction have not
been short of sports landmarks since the end of the nineteenth
century. Western-style sports were introduced into Japan in order
to modernize the country and develop a culture of consciousness
about bodies resembling that of the Western world. Japan's
modernization has been a process of embracing Western thought and
culture while at the same time attempting to establish what
distinguishes Japan from the West. In this context, sports
functioned as sites of contested identities and memories. The
Olympics, baseball and soccer have produced memories in Japan, but
so too have martial arts, which by their very name signify an
attempt to create traditions beyond Western sports. Because modern
sports form bodies of modern citizens and, at the same time, offer
countless opportunities for competition with other nations, they
provide an excellent ground for testing and contesting national
identifications. By revealing some of the key realms of memory in
the Japanese field of sports, this book shows how memories and
counter-memories of (sport) moments, places, and heroes constitute
an inventory for identity. This book was originally published as a
special issue of Sport in Society.
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