Body Projects in Japanese Childcare: Culture, Organization and Emotions in a Preschool

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ISBN: 9780700704484 | 0700704485
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/16/1996

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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.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
The Institutional Framework: Katsura Day-Care Center	p. 14
From Mothering to Othering: Organization, Culture and Naptime	p. 30
Interlude I: Hoikuen, Kibbutz and Sleep	p. 54
Learning to 'Group': Play, Embodiment and Emotions	p. 56
Interlude II: Three Little (Japanese) Pigs	p. 82
A Note on the Gambaru Complex	p. 83
Interlude III: The Marathon	p. 93
Eating to Become Japanese: Body, Habits and Organization	p. 95
Interlude IV: Menus	p. 111
Name Calling: Power, Play and Classification	p. 117
Interlude V: An Instance of Discipline?	p. 135
Conclusion	p. 136
References	p. 151
Index	p. 162
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Body Projects in Japanese Childcare: Culture, Organization and Emotions in a Preschool

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