TY - BOOK ID - 64931219 TI - Japan through the lens of the Tokyo Olympics AU - Holthus, Barbara G. AU - Gagné, Isaac AU - Manzenreiter, Wolfram AU - Waldenberger, Franz AU - Routledge (Firm) PY - 2020 SN - 1003033903 036746957X 9781003033905 9781000057713 1000057712 9781000057652 1000057658 9781000057591 1000057593 9780367469573 9780367471682 036747168X PB - New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Olympics KW - Popular culture KW - J6902 KW - J6900.90 KW - J4000.90 KW - J4300.90 KW - Culture, Popular KW - Mass culture KW - Pop culture KW - Popular arts KW - Communication KW - Intellectual life KW - Mass society KW - Recreation KW - Culture KW - Games, Olympic KW - Olympic games KW - Summer Olympics KW - Sports KW - Planning KW - Political aspects KW - Economic aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Security measures&delete& KW - Japan: Sports and recreation -- societies, organizations, congresses, periodicals, tournaments and events KW - Japan: Sports and recreation -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary KW - Japan: Social history, history of civilization -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary KW - Japan: Economy and industry -- history -- postwar Shōwa (1945- ), Heisei period (1989- ), contemporary KW - Japan KW - Social life and customs. KW - E-books KW - Planning. KW - Security measures UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:64931219 AB - "This book situates the 2020 Tokyo Olympics within the social, economic and political challenges facing contemporary Japan. Using the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as a lens into the city and the country as a whole, the stellar line up of contributors offer hidden insights and new perspectives on the Games. These include city planning, cultural politics, financial issues, language use, security, education, volunteerism and construction work. The chapters then go on to explore the many stakeholders, institutions, citizens, interest groups, and protest groups involved, and feature the struggle over Tokyo's extreme summer heat, food standards, the implementation of diversity around disabilities, sexual minorities and technological innovations. Giving short glimpses into the new Olympic sports, this book also analyses the role of these sports in Japanese society. Japan Through the Lens of the Tokyo Olympics will be of huge interest to anyone attending the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020. It will also be useful to students and scholars of the Olympics and the sociology of sport, as well as Japanese culture and society"-- ER -