Men’s rhythmic gymnastics has been developed uniquely in Japan since the late 1940s. It gains a c... more Men’s rhythmic gymnastics has been developed uniquely in Japan since the late 1940s. It gains a certain amount of domestic reputation to be adopted as the main motif of the dance performance at the Olympics handover ceremony in Rio 2016, though it is neither recognised as Olympic sport nor competed in the world championships. At the ceremony, Japanese pop culture was represented in the video and at the venue Japan’s prime minister played Super Mario and men’s-rhythmic-led dance performance was delivered to the audience. This implies men’s rhythmic is possibly one of ‘Cool Japan’ exports rather than just a kind of gymnastics.However, men’s rhythmic once failed as an export. In the early 2000s, the committee sent coaches overseas with the aim of promoting men’s rhythmic globally. World championships were held in 2003 and 2005 as a result, but since the project was aborted in 2006, men’s rhythmic has not practiced in the countries with a few exceptions in Canada and Russia.In this study, the authors will examine the reason why the coach dispatch project was not successful at least on a long-term basis, and then focus on an example in Canada where men’s rhythmic is still practiced but as a slight different style, to describe what modifications the interviewees regard men’s rhythmic needs to accomplish global success. Through these analyses, the authors will consider men’s rhythmic in terms of three pairs of concepts: global – domestic, sport – culture, and spectacle – gymnastics for all.
ABSTRACT This research investigated the presentation and content of magazines targeted at prescho... more ABSTRACT This research investigated the presentation and content of magazines targeted at preschool-aged girls in Japan to analyse what gender patterns or gendered behaviours were encouraged and how the readers reacted to the media discourse. There were 13 magazines published in 2013 in Japan. Seven of them catered to girls, three to boys and three to both genders. The analyses focussed on the magazines for girls and their contents, layout and colours used. The analyses tell what is considered as appropriate in this national context for girls. Magazines for girls included information and illustrations of food, clothes and hairstyles and media celebrities such as popular musicians or fashion models and, therefore, focused more on entertainment and personal appearance. By analysing the readers’ pages, it was evident that the gendered patterns that the magazines conveyed were not always in line with the interests of the girls who wrote to the magazine. The writers and publishers of the magazines set up stereotypic expectations that describe and depict gendered norms for female children. However, as evident from the readers’ pages children did not necessarily accept all the stereotypic ideas related to gender.
野田光太郎・秦美香子、2015、「男子新体操研究の概観と人文社会科学領域における研究の展望」『花園大学文学部研究紀要』47, 95-113.
A review of the literatur... more 野田光太郎・秦美香子、2015、「男子新体操研究の概観と人文社会科学領域における研究の展望」『花園大学文学部研究紀要』47, 95-113.
A review of the literature on men's rhythmic gymnastics
This research investigated the presentation and content of magazines targeted at preschool-aged g... more This research investigated the presentation and content of magazines targeted at preschool-aged girls in Japan to analyse what gender patterns or gendered behaviours were encouraged and how the readers reacted to the media discourse. There were 13 magazines published in 2013 in Japan. Seven of them catered to girls, three to boys and three to both genders. The analyses focussed on the magazines for girls and their contents, layout and colours used. The analyses tell what is considered as appropriate in this national context for girls. Magazines for girls included information and illustrations of food, clothes and hairstyles and media celebrities such as popular musicians or fashion models and, therefore, focused more on entertainment and personal appearance. By analysing the readers’ pages, it was evident that the gendered patterns that the magazines conveyed were not always in line with the interests of the girls who wrote to the magazine. The writers and publishers of the magazines set up stereotypic expectations that describe and depict gendered norms for female children. However, as evident from the readers’ pages children did not necessarily accept all the stereotypic ideas related to gender.
This is a poster we presented at the World Congress Sociology of Sport Taiwan (International Soci... more This is a poster we presented at the World Congress Sociology of Sport Taiwan (International Sociology of Sport Association) 2017.
Men’s rhythmic gymnastics has been developed uniquely in Japan since the late 1940s. It gains a c... more Men’s rhythmic gymnastics has been developed uniquely in Japan since the late 1940s. It gains a certain amount of domestic reputation to be adopted as the main motif of the dance performance at the Olympics handover ceremony in Rio 2016, though it is neither recognised as Olympic sport nor competed in the world championships. At the ceremony, Japanese pop culture was represented in the video and at the venue Japan’s prime minister played Super Mario and men’s-rhythmic-led dance performance was delivered to the audience. This implies men’s rhythmic is possibly one of ‘Cool Japan’ exports rather than just a kind of gymnastics.However, men’s rhythmic once failed as an export. In the early 2000s, the committee sent coaches overseas with the aim of promoting men’s rhythmic globally. World championships were held in 2003 and 2005 as a result, but since the project was aborted in 2006, men’s rhythmic has not practiced in the countries with a few exceptions in Canada and Russia.In this study, the authors will examine the reason why the coach dispatch project was not successful at least on a long-term basis, and then focus on an example in Canada where men’s rhythmic is still practiced but as a slight different style, to describe what modifications the interviewees regard men’s rhythmic needs to accomplish global success. Through these analyses, the authors will consider men’s rhythmic in terms of three pairs of concepts: global – domestic, sport – culture, and spectacle – gymnastics for all.
ABSTRACT This research investigated the presentation and content of magazines targeted at prescho... more ABSTRACT This research investigated the presentation and content of magazines targeted at preschool-aged girls in Japan to analyse what gender patterns or gendered behaviours were encouraged and how the readers reacted to the media discourse. There were 13 magazines published in 2013 in Japan. Seven of them catered to girls, three to boys and three to both genders. The analyses focussed on the magazines for girls and their contents, layout and colours used. The analyses tell what is considered as appropriate in this national context for girls. Magazines for girls included information and illustrations of food, clothes and hairstyles and media celebrities such as popular musicians or fashion models and, therefore, focused more on entertainment and personal appearance. By analysing the readers’ pages, it was evident that the gendered patterns that the magazines conveyed were not always in line with the interests of the girls who wrote to the magazine. The writers and publishers of the magazines set up stereotypic expectations that describe and depict gendered norms for female children. However, as evident from the readers’ pages children did not necessarily accept all the stereotypic ideas related to gender.
野田光太郎・秦美香子、2015、「男子新体操研究の概観と人文社会科学領域における研究の展望」『花園大学文学部研究紀要』47, 95-113.
A review of the literatur... more 野田光太郎・秦美香子、2015、「男子新体操研究の概観と人文社会科学領域における研究の展望」『花園大学文学部研究紀要』47, 95-113.
A review of the literature on men's rhythmic gymnastics
This research investigated the presentation and content of magazines targeted at preschool-aged g... more This research investigated the presentation and content of magazines targeted at preschool-aged girls in Japan to analyse what gender patterns or gendered behaviours were encouraged and how the readers reacted to the media discourse. There were 13 magazines published in 2013 in Japan. Seven of them catered to girls, three to boys and three to both genders. The analyses focussed on the magazines for girls and their contents, layout and colours used. The analyses tell what is considered as appropriate in this national context for girls. Magazines for girls included information and illustrations of food, clothes and hairstyles and media celebrities such as popular musicians or fashion models and, therefore, focused more on entertainment and personal appearance. By analysing the readers’ pages, it was evident that the gendered patterns that the magazines conveyed were not always in line with the interests of the girls who wrote to the magazine. The writers and publishers of the magazines set up stereotypic expectations that describe and depict gendered norms for female children. However, as evident from the readers’ pages children did not necessarily accept all the stereotypic ideas related to gender.
This is a poster we presented at the World Congress Sociology of Sport Taiwan (International Soci... more This is a poster we presented at the World Congress Sociology of Sport Taiwan (International Sociology of Sport Association) 2017.
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本論の目的は，男子新体操を体操競技と身体表現という視点から考察することを通して，スポーツとエンタテインメントの関係について議論することである．
平田（2012）は，スポーツを発展させる年齢別人口構成図を「逆台形モデル」であるとし，選手や指導者だけでなくメディア企業などを競技のステークホルダーとして関与させていくことの重要性を主張した．このモデルに従えば，競技の発展には，まず年少期の参加人口をなるべく増やすこと，そしてスポーツ産業の中で，ひいては周辺産業での存在感を高めることが必要であると考えられる．
男子新体操は，競技者数の少ないアマチュア・スポーツである．しかし，とりわけ近年では身体表現の一種としてエンタテインメント産業などで発表の場を増加させている．このような現状から考えれば，男子新体操は「逆台形モデル」に近いといえるだろう．ただしそれは，競技の発展という目的の下では脆弱な逆台形である．
本論では，男子新体操の逆台形モデルは競技が十分に発展した証として得られたというよりも，競技の発展にとって問題を残しているという点を，観客や選手らに対して行ったインタビュー調査の結果を再検討することで考察する．
A review of the literature on men's rhythmic gymnastics
Conference Presentations by Mikako Hata
本論の目的は，男子新体操を体操競技と身体表現という視点から考察することを通して，スポーツとエンタテインメントの関係について議論することである．
平田（2012）は，スポーツを発展させる年齢別人口構成図を「逆台形モデル」であるとし，選手や指導者だけでなくメディア企業などを競技のステークホルダーとして関与させていくことの重要性を主張した．このモデルに従えば，競技の発展には，まず年少期の参加人口をなるべく増やすこと，そしてスポーツ産業の中で，ひいては周辺産業での存在感を高めることが必要であると考えられる．
男子新体操は，競技者数の少ないアマチュア・スポーツである．しかし，とりわけ近年では身体表現の一種としてエンタテインメント産業などで発表の場を増加させている．このような現状から考えれば，男子新体操は「逆台形モデル」に近いといえるだろう．ただしそれは，競技の発展という目的の下では脆弱な逆台形である．
本論では，男子新体操の逆台形モデルは競技が十分に発展した証として得られたというよりも，競技の発展にとって問題を残しているという点を，観客や選手らに対して行ったインタビュー調査の結果を再検討することで考察する．
A review of the literature on men's rhythmic gymnastics