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Almost right from the introduction of baseball to Japan the sport was regarded as qualitatively different from the original American model. This vision of Japanese baseball associates the sport with steadfast devotion (magokoro) and the values of the samurai class in the code of Bushidō, in which greatness is achieved through hard work under the tutelage of a selfless master. 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 returne.

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Contesting the Myths of Samurai Baseball
  • Author : Christopher T. Keaveney
  • Release : 01 October 2024
  • Publisher : Unknown
  • ISBN : 9888455354
  • Genre : HISTORY
  • Total Page : 230 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 14,9 Mb

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