Seeing Stars: Sports Celebrity, Identity, and Body Culture in Modern Japan Tapa dura - 2015

Black board covers with blue decorated dust jacket and like spine. Edge wear, corner bumps. Clean, tight pages and spine. Published by The President and Fellows of Harvard College in 2010. Culture / Japan / Sports / Hobbies. Measures 9.5 x 6.25 inches with 337 pages. VG

Harvard University Press, 2011. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dustwrapper slightly creased.

United States: Harvard University, Asia Center. 2010. Black and white illustrations, 337pp, bibliography, index, very good in dustjacket. In "Seeing Stars", Dennis J. Frost traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. Frost explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena, the products of both particular historical moments and broader discourses of celebrity. Drawing from media coverage, biographies, literary works, athletes' memoirs, bureaucratic memoranda, interviews, and films, Frost argues that the largely unquestioned mass of information about sports stars not only reflects, but also shapes society and body culture. He examines the lives and times of star athletes - including sumo grand champion Hitachiyama, female Olympic medalist Hitomi Kinue, legendary pitcher Sawamura Eiji, and world champion… Leer más

Hardback. New. Traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. This title explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena.

Harvard University Asia Center, 2011-02-06. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Clean, solid copy with no writing or marks to text. Cover corners are square; light bumps to spine ends. Binding is tight and square. Jacket has mild wear to surface and edges. Books that sell for $9 or more ship in a box; under $9 in a bubble mailer. Expedited and international orders may ship in a flat rate envelope rather than a box due to cost constraints. All US-addressed items ship with complimentary delivery confirmation.

Harvard Univ Council on East Asian, 2011. Hardcover. New. 350 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches.