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

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.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.Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Institutional Framework; Chapter 3 From Mothering to Othering; interludeI Hoikuen, Kibbutz, and Sleep; Chapter 4 Learning to Group; interludeII Three Little (Japanese) Pigs; Chapter 5 A Note on the Gambaru Complex; interludeIII The Marathon; Chapter 6 Eating to Become Japanese; interludeIV Menus; Chapter 7 Name-Calling; interludeV An Instance of Discipline?; Chapter 8 Conclusion;US? 1997 Eyal Ben-Ari