by Dennis J . Frost (Author)
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.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 04 Mar 2011
ISBN 10: 0674056108
ISBN 13: 9780674056107