Body projects in Japanese childcare : culture, organization and emotions in a preschool
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Body projects in Japanese childcare : culture, organization and emotions in a preschool
Routledge, 2016, c1997
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"First issued in paperback 2016"--T.p. verso
Includes biblliographical references (p. [151]-161) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Examines the place of body practices and the management of emotions in Japanese preschools. Early childhood socialization is explored as a set of 'body projects': a series of practices undertaken (over time) to design the body according to prevailing cultural definitions and images.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 The Institutional Framework
- Chapter 3 From Mothering to Othering
- interludeI Hoikuen, Kibbutz, and Sleep
- Chapter 4 Learning to 'Group'
- interludeII Three Little (Japanese) Pigs
- Chapter 5 A Note on the Gambaru Complex
- interludeIII The Marathon
- Chapter 6 Eating to Become Japanese
- interludeIV Menus
- Chapter 7 Name-Calling
- interludeV An Instance of Discipline?
- Chapter 8 Conclusion
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