文化としての身体

黄 順姫

doi:10.5987/jjsss.4.23

This paper analyses how a sports player's body is disciplined in the sport's peculiar culture, which is related to a national body culture.<br>Using sumo as a case, this paper classifies three kinds of such relationships, examining “the body as receptacle of culture, ” “the body as expression of culture, ” and “the body as metaphor.”<br>In the case of the “body as a receptacle of culture, ” the sumo wrestler receives the Japanese culture of sumo wrestling. He does so not only in first conforming to the Japanese “tachiai” style, but also, second, in his self-realization within the “sumodo.” Third, the naked sumo form holds a special place of legitimacy in Japanese body culture.<br>For the “body as an expression of culture, ” the sumo wrestler's body first indicates an unconscious expression of a quantity and quality of training and attitude in practice. Second, the wrestler's peculiar style of emotional displays suggests an internationalization of the culture of sumo. Third, each sumo wrestler's fighting technique and pattern reflects his body's characteristics and, ideally but not always, a mental approach to the bouts more reserved and moderate than simply wanting to win.<br>Finally, the “body as metaphor” relationship means that the sumo wrestler's body is a “play” form of Japanese culture, in which “personal body” intersects with “social body.” Viewed at home and abroad, the sumo wrestler's body represents a symbolic struggle to win power status among countries as a “political body.” The sumo wrestler's body is desribed as “fat, ” “big, ” and “filled with destructive power” in America. Of course, “the body as metaphor” is derived from the characteristics of sumo wrestling, but its manipulation as a political symbol transcends the peculiar logic of the sumo world.

文化としての身体

書誌事項

抄録

収録刊行物

キーワード

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文化としての身体

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抄録

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