Body projects in Japanese childcare : culture, organization and emotions in a preschool
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Bibliographic Information
Body projects in Japanese childcare : culture, organization and emotions in a preschool
Routledge, 2016, c1997
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"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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