ABSTRACT
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 Chapter 1|13 pages
Introduction
part Interlude I|28 pages
Hoikuen, Kibbutz, and Sleep
part Interlude II|11 pages
Three Little (Japanese) Pigs
chapter Chapter 5|10 pages
A Note on the Gambaru Complex
part Interlude III|18 pages
The Marathon
part Interlude IV|24 pages
Menus
part Interlude V|16 pages
An Instance of Discipline?