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from Seeing Sociology
Japanese Baseball
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A Study in How Culture Matters
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Japanese Baseball
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A Study in How Culture Matters |
This film clip made available on a fair use basis for students of Prof. Wood's Introduction to Sociology course
Discussion Questions
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What are the major ways in which baseball in Japan differs from baseball
in the United States? How is this related to differences in culture? What
do we learn about Japanese society by looking at how it has transformed
the game of baseball?
(2) What is the difference between a concept of fairness based on "fair play" versus a concept of fairness based on "fair shares"? How can the "expanding strike zone" be justified from a Japanese point of view? Why are ties and close races popular in Japan? (3) How can these different concepts of fairness be seen in other aspects of life in Japan and the United States? (4) What does
this comparison of baseball in these two countries tell us about the dangers
of ethnocentrism? |