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From the Profane to the Sacred: Pre-Game Ritual in Japanese High School Rugby.
- Source :
- International Review for the Sociology of Sport; Dec2000, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p451, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- As an attempt to address the paucity of research on sport in Asian settings, this paper uses a case-study approach to examine young Japanese men's participation in pre-game rugby rituals. Drawing on Durkheim's seminal work, it is argued that the pre-game ceremonies have much in common with rituals conducted in similar western settings. However, many of the ritual activities were performed in distinctly Japanese ways, suggesting that they also express and confirm dominant local values and mark rugby as a discrete cultural practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RUGBY football
HIGH schools
SPORTS
RITUAL
CULTURE
EDUCATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10126902
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Review for the Sociology of Sport
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 6151809
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/101269000035004001