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Seeing Stars

- Sports Celebrity, Identity, and Body Culture in Modern Japan

About Seeing Stars

In Seeing Stars, Dennis J. Frost traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. Frost explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780674056107
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 352
  • Published:
  • February 6, 2011
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x229x28 mm.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: January 23, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of Seeing Stars

In Seeing Stars, Dennis J. Frost traces the emergence and evolution of sports celebrity in Japan from the seventeenth through the twenty-first centuries. Frost explores how various constituencies have repeatedly molded and deployed representations of individual athletes, revealing that sports stars are socially constructed phenomena.

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