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David Leheny - The Rules of Play. National Identity and the Shaping of Japanese Leisure.  - 9780801440915 - V9780801440915
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The Rules of Play. National Identity and the Shaping of Japanese Leisure.

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Description for The Rules of Play. National Identity and the Shaping of Japanese Leisure. Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; JHMC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.

The Japanese government seeks to influence the use of leisure time to a degree that Americans or Europeans would likely find puzzling. Through tourism-promotion initiatives, financing for resort development, and systematic research on recreational practices, the government takes a relentless interest in its citizens' "free time." David Leheny argues that material interests are not a sufficient explanation for such a large and consistent commitment of resources. In The Rules of Play, he reveals the link between Japan's leisure politics and its long-term struggle over national identity.

Since the Meiji Restoration, successive Japanese governments have stressed the nation's need to act ... Read more

In tracing the development of leisure politics and the role of the state in cultural change, the author focuses on the importance of international norms and perceptions of Japanese national identity. Leheny regards globalization as a "failure of imagination" on the part of policymakers. When they absorb lessons from Western nations, they aim for a future that has already been revealed elsewhere rather than envision a locally distinctive lifestyle for citizens.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Political Economy
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801440915
SKU
V9780801440915
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Ref
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About David Leheny
David Leheny is Henry Wendt III '55 Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. He is the author of Think Global, Fear Local: Sex, Violence, and Anxiety in Contemporary Japan, also from Cornell.

Reviews for The Rules of Play. National Identity and the Shaping of Japanese Leisure.
In The Rules of Play, political scientist David Leheny deftly traces the government's efforts to define 'normal' leisure patterns for its citizens.... I concluded Leheny's readable and informative book with a strong belief that whatever the virtues of state involvement in other sectors (for example, public hygiene), bureaucratic attempts to shape leisure are not worthy of emulation.
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