The chrysanthemum and the bat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The chrysanthemum and the bat write by Robert Whiting. This book was released on 1977. The chrysanthemum and the bat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Japan at Play
Japan at Play - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Japan at Play write by Joy Hendry. This book was released on 2005-08-10. Japan at Play available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the myth, so abused by the mass media, that the Japanese are a grey, anonymous mass of efficient, obedient workers. The articles shed light on a Japan outside officialdom, a lively Japan of tumultuous and independent thought, inefficient and aesthetic, pleasure-loving, aggressive and wasteful, creative and anti-authoritarian. The book's truly international contributors examine the role in modern Japanese society of a range of leisure and play activities, from drinking to travel, football to karaoke, tattoos to rock fandom. They explore how things which seem like play in one context are deadly serious in another, and how the fun and enjoyment may be achieved in unexpected ways. They also draw attention to the importance of such activities in understanding the deeper structure and meaning pervading all areas of the society in which they take place. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Japanese Studies, Sociology, Anthropology and Cultural Studies.
Japanese Numbers Game
Japanese Numbers Game - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Japanese Numbers Game write by T Crump. This book was released on 2012-11-12. Japanese Numbers Game available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness or the decision to accept a new job. This text provides a general study of the field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces the reader to a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus and games involving numbers, as well as curious numerical names (of both people and places), illustrate the importance of systems of counting, calculation and forecasting. The study explores the cultural roots of attitudes towards numbers and makes suggestions about the contemporary implications of a culture in which mechanical numeracy (and number obsession) is general but the highest levels of academic mathematics still fall short of world standards.
Taking in a Game
Taking in a Game - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Taking in a Game write by Joseph A. Reaves. This book was released on 2004-05-01. Taking in a Game available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Taking in a Game, Joseph A. Reaves examines the development of baseball in Korea, the Philippines, Mainland China, and Taiwan, as well as the more widely known story of baseball in Japan. In this entertaining and informed account, Reaves covers everything from baseball in Qing Dynasty China in the nineteenth century to the 2000 Sydney Olympics bronze-medal match between Japan and Korea. Reaves guides the reader through a history of Asian baseball, the cultures that surround it, and the future of what has become a great Asian game.
The Chrysanthemum and the Bat
The Chrysanthemum and the Bat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Chrysanthemum and the Bat write by Robert Whiting. This book was released on 1977. The Chrysanthemum and the Bat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
