Contesting the Myths of Samurai Baseball:Cultural Representations of Japan's National Pastime
- ISBN13:9789888455829
- 替代書名:評駁日本武士棒球的神話:日本全民娛樂的文化表徵
- 出版社:香港大學出版社
- 作者:Christopher T. Keaveney
- 裝訂/頁數:精裝/240頁
- 規格:23.5cm*15.8cm*1.7cm (高/寬/厚)
- 版次:初版
- 出版日:2018/07/20
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In Contesting the Myths of Samurai Baseball Keaveney analyzes the persistent appeal of such mythologizing, arguing that the sport has been serving as a repository for traditional values, to which the Japanese have returned time and again in epochs of uncertainty and change. Baseball and modern culture emerged and developed side by side in Japan, giving cultural representations of this national pastime special insights into Japanese values and their contortions from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Keaveney explains the origins of the cultural construct “Samurai baseball” and reflects on the recurrences of these essentialist discourses at critical junctures in Japan’s modern history. Since the early modern period, writers, filmmakers, and manga artists have alternately affirmed and debunked these popular myths of baseball. This study presents an overview of these cultural products, beginning with Masaoka Shiki’s pioneering baseball writings, then moves on to the long history of baseball films and the venerable tradition of baseball fiction, and finally considers the substantial body of baseball manga and anime. Perhaps what is most striking is the continuous relevance of baseball and its values as a point of cultural reference for the Japanese people; their engagement with baseball is a genuine national love affair.
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“Keaveney’s book offers a nuanced introduction to the Japanese model of samurai baseball along with an analysis of many of the works that treat the guiding principles of that model. A fresh look at Japan’s national pastime.” ―Bobby Valentine, former MLB player and manager and former manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball
“Christopher Keaveney effortlessly combines a thorough knowledge of Japanese baseball―its players, managers, fans―with the cultural productions surrounding it. The result is a nostalgic trip through history and an edifying survey of literature, film, and manga.” ―David Desser, professor emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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